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Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (MP)

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The Hon. Charles William Wentworth-FitzWilliam (18 September 1826-20 December 1894), was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Background

Wentworth-FitzWilliam was a younger son of Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam, and the Hon. Mary, daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas. William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam and George Wentworth-FitzWilliam were his elder brothers.

Political career

Wentworth-FitzWilliam was elected Member of Parliament for Malton in 1852, a seat he held until the constituency was abolished in 1885.

Family

Wentworth-FitzWilliam married his first cousin Anne, daughter of Reverend Thomas Lawrence Dundas, in 1854. He died in December 1894, aged 68. His wife died in December 1925.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Malton
1852–1885
With: Sir Evelyn Denison 1852–1857
James Brown 1857–1868
(representation reduced to one member 1868)
Constituency abolished