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See also:FITZWILLIAM, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM, 2ND See also:EARL (1748-1833) , See also:English statesman, was the son of the 1st earl (See also:peerage of the See also:United See also:Kingdom), who died in 1756. The English See also:family of Fitzwilliam claimed descent from a natural son of William the Conqueror, and among its earlier members
x.I5were a See also:Sir William Fitzwilliam (1460-1534), See also:sheriff of See also:London, who in 15o6 acquired the family seat of See also:Milton See also:Manor in See also:Northamptonshire, and his See also:grandson Sir William Eitzwilliam (see above). The latter's grandson was made an Irish See also:baron in 162o; and inlater generations the Irish titles of See also:Viscount Milton and Earl Fitzwilliam (1716) and the English titles of Baron Milton (1742) and Viscount Milton and Earl Fitzwilliam (1746), were added. These were all in the English See also:house of the Fitzwilliams of Milton Manor. They were distinct from the Irish Fitzwilliams of See also:Meryon, who descended from a member of the English family who went to See also:Ireland with See also:Prince See also:John at the end of the 12th See also:century, and whose titles of Baron and Viscount Fitzwilliam died out with the 8th viscount in 1833; the best known of these was See also:Richard, 7th viscount (1745-1816), who See also:left the Fitzwilliam library and a fund for creating the Fitzwilliam Museum to See also:Cambridge University.
The 2nd earl inherited not only the Fitzwilliam estates in Northamptonshire, but also, on the See also:death of his See also:uncle the See also:marquess of See also:Rockingham in 1782, the valuable Wentworth estates in See also:Yorkshire, and thus became one of the wealthiest noblemen of the See also:day. He had been at See also:Eton with C. J. See also:Fox, and became an active supporter of the Whig party; and in 1794, with the See also:duke of See also:Portland, See also:Windham and other " old Whigs " he joined See also:Pitt's See also:cabinet, becoming See also:president of the See also:council. At the end of the See also:year, however, he was sent to Ireland as See also:viceroy. Fitzwilliam, however, had set his See also:face against the jobbery of the See also:Protestant leaders, and threw himself warmly into See also:Grattan's See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme for admitting the Catholics to See also:political See also:power; and in See also:March 1795 he was recalled, his See also:action being disavowed by Pitt, the result of a See also:series of misunderstandings which appeared to Fitzwilliam to give him just cause of complaint. The See also:quarrel was, however, made up, and in 1798 Fitzwilliam was appointed See also:lord-See also:lieutenant of the See also:West See also:Riding of Yorkshire. He continued to take an active See also:part in politics, and in i8o6 was president of the council, but his Whig opinions kept him mainly in opposition. He died in See also:February 1833, his son, See also:Charles William Wentworth, the 3rd earl (1786-1857), and later earls, being notable figures in the politics and social See also:life of the See also:north of See also:England.
End of Article: FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM, 2ND EARL (1748-1833)
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