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After John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, the familial political dynasty continued on, experiencing both success and ...
She got a second chance at love with Earl Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, a married Protestant who was famous for his drinking and gambling. But her parents threatened to disown and disinherit her if ...
The team were delighted this month to receive their first donation of £2000 from the Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust. Rebecca Wilkin from the estate said “The Fitzwilliam Malton Estate is delighted ...
She remained in England and fell for still-married William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. Before he could secure a divorce, they both died when the plane carrying them to the French ...
When Charles died in 1782, his nephew William Wentworth Fitzwilliam (30 May 1748 – 8 February 1833) inherited the estate, becoming the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam and one of the wealthiest individuals in ...
What Edmund Burke later described as “a very decent and manly petition from the Congress” then found its way into the care of William, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, who scribbled on its back ...
She remained in England and fell for still-married William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. Before he could secure a divorce, they both died when the plane carrying them to the French ...
But perhaps their most touching find is the story of how the household rushed to organise a wartime wedding in just two days for the 7th Earl Fitzwilliam’s daughter, Lady Elfrida, when her ...
His wife is the only daughter of Conservative MP Somerset de Chair and Lady Juliet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, the heiress to the wealthy 8th Earl Fitzwilliam. She is also the half-sister of Lord ...
through his friendships with the 10th Earl Fitzwilliam’s gamekeeper, and who has worked out where two of the paintings on show in the house are set. This summer he has taken 20 members of ...
They began experimenting with porcelain and, whilst not financially successful, the Rockingham Pottery became famous under the patronage of the Earl Fitzwilliam, who lived at nearby Wentworth ...
The bravery of a teenage miner who laid his life on the line to save his pit pony during a mining accident is set to pull on heartstrings in a new exhibition at Wentworth Woodhouse. Did you know ...