Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (equerry)
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Captain Sir William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam GCVO (1848–17 April 1925) was a British courtier.
The fourth son of William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam, he was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1870 he purchased a Cornetcy in the Royal Horse Guards.[1] He was promoted Lieutenant in 1871[2] and Captain in 1878.[3]
From 1880 to 1882 he was ADC to Lord Ripon as Viceroy of India. He retired from the Army in 1883.[4] An expert on horses, in 1901 he was appointed Extra Equerry and Master of the Stables to the Prince of Wales.[5] On the latter's accession as King George V in 1910 he was promoted to Crown Equerry and Secretary to the Master of the Horse,[6] a post he held until his retirement in 1924.
He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1910, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1911, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in the 1921 New Year Honours.[7]
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Ewart |
Crown Equerry 1910–1924 |
Succeeded by Arthur Erskine |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ London Gazette: no. 23581, page 536, 28 January 1870.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 23876, page 3197, 16 July 1872.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 24634, page 5609, 18 October 1878.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 25223, page 2111, 20 April 1883.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 27378, page 7472, 19 November 1901.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 28402, page 5498, 29 July 1910.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32178, page 8, 1 January 1921.
