William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, second earl Fitzwilliam

(1748-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, Earl, 1748-1833 NRA: Fitzwilliam William Wentworth- (1748-1833) 4th Earl Fitzwilliam statesman DNB: Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth, second Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain, and fourth Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland (1748-1833), politician and landowner LBT ID: LdFitzw2 VIAF ID: 4921601 LOC ID: n86100705	B/BAP: 1748-05-30 DIED: 1833-02-08
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The nephew of the Marquis of Rockingham and lifelong friend of Charles James Fox and Lord Carlisle; he was president of the Council (1806-07) and lieutenant of the West Riding from 1798 to 1819 when he was dismissed for his censure of the Peterloo massacre.