Biography of William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 1848-1925

On 10th September 1838 [his father] William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 22] and [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton [aged 48] and [his grandmother] Frances Theodora Rose Countess of Morton [aged 39]. He the son of Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 52] and Mary Dundas.

On 31st March 1848 William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was born to [his father] William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 32] and [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 28].

On 4th October 1857 [his grandfather] Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 71] died. His son [his father] William [aged 41] succeeded 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 38] by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.

The London Gazette 23581. War Office, Pall Mall, 28th January, 1870

21st Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant-General Frederick William Hamilton, C.B., to be Colonel, vice General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.B., deceased. Dated 10th January, 1870.

58th Regiment of Foot. Major-General Sir Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, K.C.B., to be Colonel, vice Major-General William Sullivan, C.B., deceased. Dated 6th January, 1870.

106th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant-General Maurice Barlow, from the 3rd West India Regiment, to be Colonel, vice General Sir David Capon, K.C.B. deceased. Dated 18th December, 1869.

Royal Horse Guards, The Honourable William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam [aged 21] to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Guinness, promoted. Dated 29th January, 1870.

The London Gazette 24634. War Office, Pall Mall, 18th. October, 1878. Royal Horse Guards, Lieutenant the Honourable William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam [aged 30] to be Captain, vice Charles R., Lord Carington, retired. Dated 25th September, 1878.

On 31st October 1882 William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 34] and Constance Anne Brocklehurst were married. He the son of William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 67] and Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 63].

The London Gazette 25223. War Office, Pall Mall, 20th April, 1883.

2nd Life Guards, Colonel Henry Peter Ewart, C.B., having completed five years' service as a Regimental Lieutenant-Colonel, has been placed on half-pay. Dated 10th April, 1883.

Royal Horse Guards, Captain the Honourable William C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 35] retires from the Service, receiving a gratuity. Dated 21st April, 1883.

Captain Frederick Richard Gascoigne [aged 32] retires from the Service, receiving a gratuity. Dated 21st April, 1883.

5th Dragoon Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. Dyson Bourne, Bart., retires on half-pay. Dated 21st April, 1883

On 4th December 1883 [his son] Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam was born to William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 35] and [his wife] Constance Anne Brocklehurst.

On 16th June 1895 [his mother] Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 75] died.

On 20th February 1902 [his father] William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 86] died. His grandson William [aged 29] succeeded 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, 9th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 24] by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.

On 17th April 1925 William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam [aged 77] died.