Family and Education
b. 15 Jan. 1720, o. s. of John, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam. educ. Eton 1732, Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1740. m. 22 June 1744, Lady Anne Wentworth, da. of Thomas Watson Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, 2s. 6da. suc. fa. 28 Aug. 1728. cr. Lord Fitzwilliam, Baron Milton [GB] 19 Apr. 1742, Viscount Milton and Earl Fitzwilliam [GB] 6 Sept. 1746.
Offices Held
Custos rot. Peterborough 1741 – 56; ld. of the bed-chamber to George II 1751 – 56.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
FITZWILLIAM, William, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [I] (1720-56)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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