Biography of William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford 1626-1695

In or before 1622 [his father] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 28] and Margaret Clifford were married. She the daughter of Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland [aged 62] and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In February 1625 [his father] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 31] and [his mother] Arabella Holles were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Holles 1st Earl de Clare [aged 60] and [his grandmother] Anne Stanhope Countess de Clare [aged 49]. They were sixth cousins.

On 8th June 1626 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford was born to Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 33] and Arabella Holles at Wentworth.

On 22nd July 1628 [his father] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 35] was created 1st Baron Wentworth.

In 1629 [his father] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 35] was created 1st Viscount Wentworth.

In 1631 [his mother] Arabella Holles died in childbirth.

In October 1632 [his father] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 39] and Elizabeth Rhodes Countess Strafford [aged 26] were married.

On 12th November 1635 Richard Burke 4th Earl Clanricarde 1st Earl St Albans [aged 63] died. His son Ulick [aged 31] succeeded 5th Earl Clanricarde, 2nd Earl St Albans. [his father] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 42] was blamed for his death making an enemy of Ulick Burke 1st Marquess Clanricarde and his half-brother (they shared the same mother Frances Walsingham Countess Essex) Robert Devereux 3rd Earl Essex [aged 44].

On 12th January 1640 [his father] Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford [aged 46] was created 1st Earl Strafford. Elizabeth Rhodes Countess Strafford [aged 34] by marriage Countess Strafford.

In 1654. Robert Walker [aged 55]. Portrait of William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 27].

On 27th February 1654 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 27] and Henriette Stanley Countess Strafford [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 54]. He the son of Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Strafford and Arabella Holles. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before 1655 [his brother-in-law] Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby [aged 26] and Dorothea Helena Kirkoven Countess Derby [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of Jehan Lord of Heenvliet [aged 60] and Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield [aged 45]. He the son of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and [his mother-in-law] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 55].

On 5th May 1659 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl [aged 28] and [his sister-in-law] Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby and [his mother-in-law] Charlotte Thouars Countess Derby [aged 59]. He the son of John Murray 1st Earl Atholl and Jean Campbell Countess Atholl.

In 1661 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 34] was appointed 465th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 30].

In 1662 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 35] was restored 2nd Earl Strafford, 2nd Viscount Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth, 3rd Baronet Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire. [his wife] Henriette Stanley Countess Strafford [aged 31] by marriage Countess Strafford.

On 21st December 1672 [his brother-in-law] Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby [aged 44] died. His son William [aged 17] succeeded 9th Earl Derby, 3rd Baron Strange Knockin.

On 7th February 1676 John Murray 1st Marquess Atholl [aged 44] was created 1st Marquess Atholl. [his sister-in-law] Amelia Stanley Marchioness Atholl [aged 43] by marriage Marchioness Atholl.

On 27th December 1685 [his wife] Henriette Stanley Countess Strafford [aged 55] died. She was buried at York Minster [Map].

On 16th October 1695 William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford [aged 69] died. He was buried at York Minster [Map]. Earl Strafford, Viscount Wentworth, Baron Wentworth, Baronet Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire extinct.

Around 1740 George Knapton [aged 42]. Portrait of William Wentworth 2nd Earl Strafford.