1872 - 1943 (70 years)
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Name |
William (7th Earl Fitzwilliam) Wentworth-Fitzwilliam |
Birth |
25 Jul 1872 |
Pointe de Meuron, Ontario, Canada |
- He was born in Pointe de Meuron, Ontario, Canada, to William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton and Laura Beauclerk, granddaughter of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans. The unusual circumstances of his birth in a remote part of Canada's frontier lands were later to cause major controversy within the family. The accusation was that he was a changeling: an unrelated baby inserted into the family line, to purge the bloodline of the epilepsy from which his ostensible forebears had suffered, and to provide that arm of the family with a male heir to inherit the earldom.[2]
His birth was registered in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on 20 August 1872. It was noted in the remarks that his parents were visiting the district "for the benefit of the health of the father, Lord Milton."
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Gender |
Male |
Death |
15 Feb 1943 |
Wentworth Woodhouse |
Person ID |
I7225 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
6 Mar 2023 |
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Notes |
- he inherited the title Earl Fitzwilliam on the death of his grandfather William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
On his succession to the Earldom, he became one of the richest men in Britain, inheriting an estate of significant land, industrial and mineral-right holdings worth ?3.3 billion in 2007 terms
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