Earl Fitzwilliam is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
6th September 1746. 1st. William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 26] created.
10th August 1756. 2nd. Son William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 8] succeeded.
8th February 1833. 3rd. Son Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 46] succeeded.
4th October 1857. 4th. Son William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 41] succeeded.
20th February 1902. 5th. Grandson William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 29] succeeded.
15th February 1943. 6th. Son William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 32] succeeded.
13th May 1948. 7th. First Cousin Once Removed Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 64] succeeded.
3rd April 1952. 8th. Second Cousin William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 10th and 8th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 47] succeeded.
1979. 8th. William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 10th and 8th Earl Fitzwilliam extinct.
On 22nd June 1744 William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 24] and Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam, Baroness Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. She the daughter of Thomas Watson 1st Marquess Rockingham [aged 50]. He the son of John Fitzwilliam 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam and Anne Stringer.
On 6th September 1746 William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 26] was created 1st Earl Fitzwilliam. Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 10th August 1756 William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 36] died. His son William [aged 8] succeeded 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, 6th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Charlotte Ponsonby Countess Fitzwilliam by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
After 1822 William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 73] and Louisa Molesworth Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 73] were married. She by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam. He the son of William Fitzwilliam 1st and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam and Anne Watson Wentworth Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 8th February 1833 William Fitzwilliam 4th and 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 84] died. His son Charles [aged 46] succeeded 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.
On 4th October 1857 Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 5th and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 71] died. His son William [aged 41] succeeded 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Frances Harriet Douglas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 38] by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 20th February 1902 William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 6th and 4th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 86] died. His grandson William [aged 29] succeeded 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, 9th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas Countess Fitzwilliam [aged 24] by marriage Countess Fitzwilliam.
On 15th February 1943 William Charles de Meuron "Billy" Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 7th and 5th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 70] died at Wentworth Woodhouse. His son William [aged 32] succeeded 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam, 10th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 13th May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy [aged 28] and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 37] died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris [Map] to the French Riviera for a vacation aboard a de Havilland DH.104 Dove. His first cousin once removed Eric [aged 64] succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol [aged 13].
On 3rd April 1952 Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 68] died. His second cousin William [aged 47] succeeded 10th Earl Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, 12th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal.
In 1979 William Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 10th and 8th Earl Fitzwilliam [aged 74] died. Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl Fitzwilliam and Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal extinct.