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William Thomas George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam JP (28 May 1904 – 21 September 1979), known as Tom, of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, Yorkshire (the largest private residence in England) and of Milton Hall, Peterborough (the largest house in Cambridgeshire), was a British peer.
The tenth Earl was William Thomas George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (28 May 1904 – 21 September 1979). He was the son of George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, son of the Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam, MP, third son of the fifth Earl. He and his wife had no children.
At the 2nd Earl's death in 1695 the Wentworth estates passed to his nephew Thomas Watson (afterwards Watson-Wentworth), a younger son of the 2nd Baron Rockingham.
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Sheffield City ArchivesWWM2Sheffield City ArchivesNBC3Sheffield City ArchivesMD 5094Hull History Centre (Hull University ...DX 103Nov 4, 2022 · The myth was that the 10th and last Earl Fitzwilliam, William Thomas George, burned swathes of records across three weeks of destruction in the grounds in 1972, seven years before his death...
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In 1952 W.T.G. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam of Milton succeeded a cousin as 10th Earl Fitzwilliam. The presence of papers of the Godolphin family is explained by the marriage of Anne (1722-1805),...
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1Northamptonshire Archives ServiceFitzwilliam (Milton) MSS2Northamptonshire Archives ServiceF/WW/1-5023British Library, Manuscript CollectionsAdd MS 397584British Library, Manuscript CollectionsEg MS 2733Language Label Description Also known as; English: Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam. British Earl
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Jun 23, 2020 · The earldom passed to their descendants, who continued to purchase property in Old and New Malton between 1788 and 1893, culminating with the tenth Earl, William Thomas George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, who died in 1979.