Earl Fitzwilliam

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Coat of arms of the Earls Fitzwilliam until 1856
Coat of arms of the Earls Fitzwilliam since 1856

Earl Fitzwilliam (also FitzWilliam ) was a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once each in the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain .

The Earls' family seats were Milton Hall near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire and, from 1782, Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherham in South Yorkshire .

Award and history of the title

For the first time the title Earl Fitzwilliam , of the County of Tyrone , was created on July 21, 1716 in the Peerage of Ireland for William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Baron Fitzwilliam . Along with the earliest title , he was given the subordinate title Viscount Milton , in the County of Westmeath , in the Peerage of Ireland . As early as 1658 he had inherited the subordinate title Baron Fitzwilliam , of Lifford in the County of Donegal , from his father, which had been awarded to his grandfather on December 1, 1620 in the Peerage of Ireland.

His grandson, the 3rd Earl, was also named Baron Fitzwilliam , of Milton in the County of Northampton in the Peerage of Great Britain on April 19, 1742 , and Viscount Milton and Earl Fitzwilliam , of Norborough in the on September 6, 1746 County of Northampton, collected.

His son, the 4th Earl, inherited his property in 1782 on the death of his childless uncle Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham . After this, in 1856, his son added his family name to Wentworth-Fitzwilliam and expanded his coat of arms accordingly.

All six titles eventually expired when the 10th Earl died on September 21, 1979.

List of Earls Fitzwilliam (1716; 1746)

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