Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam

William Thomas George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam (28 May 1904 – 21 September 1979), known as Tom, was a British peer. He was the 10th and last Earl Fitzwilliam. He died in 1979 at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire.^[1] He left no issue from his marriage.^[2] He left £11,776,401 gross (£11,584,880 net), thus paying virtually no death duties.^[3]

Life

Fitzwilliam was the son of George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam and Evelyn Lyster, daughter of Charles Stephen Lyster. He was educated at Eton in houses run by Reginald Saumarez de Havilland and Clement James Mellish Adie. In 1923, he went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge.

He was appointed Justice of the Peace (JP) for the Liberty of Peterborough.

Marriage

On 3 April 1956, he married Joyce Elizabeth Mary Langdale (25 April 1898 – 7 June 1995) of Houghton Hall, Yorkshire. She had previously been married to Henry FitzAlan-Howard, 2nd Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent (1883–1962), from whom she was divorced in 1955.^[4]

She died in 1995 at her home in Peterborough.^[5] Her second husband's home, Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, is the largest private residence in England. With his second seat of Milton Hall, Peterborough (the largest house in Cambridgeshire), also at her disposal, she may have felt little need to retain Houghton for her own use.

Ancestry

Family of Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam

				16. William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam



			8. Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam



				17. Lady Charlotte Ponsonby



		4. Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam



				18. Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas



			9. Hon. Mary Dundas



				19. Lady Charlotte FitzWilliam



	2. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam



				20. Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson



			10. Hon. George Anson



				21. Lady Anne Coke



		5. Alice Louisa Anson



				22. Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester



			11. Hon. Isabella Weld-Forester



				23. Lady Katherine Manners



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References

^ (obituaries: Daily Telegraph, 24 September 1979; Yorkshire Post, 24 September 1979)
^ Peterborough City Council website, "Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family of Milton". Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ The Guardian 8 December 1979
^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, pp.452, 453
^ obits: Yorkshire Post 15 June 1995; The Times 17 June 1995

External links

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Eric Wentworth-Fitzwilliam	Earl Fitzwilliam 1952–1979	Succeeded by Extinct
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Eric Wentworth-Fitzwilliam	Earl Fitzwilliam 1952–1979	Succeeded by Extinct

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[1] (obituaries: Daily Telegraph, 24 September 1979; Yorkshire Post, 24 September 1979)

[2] Peterborough City Council website, "Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family of Milton". Retrieved 15 August 2013.

[3] The Guardian 8 December 1979

[4] Debrett's Peerage, 1968, pp.452, 453

[5] ts: Yorkshire Post 15 June 1995; The Times 17 June 1995

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