Wentworth

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Wentworth may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Locations 3 Fiction 4 Institutions

[edit] People

• Baron Wentworth, the Wentworth peerage, several men and women.
• D'Arcy Wentworth (1762 - 1827), surgeon in the early days of Sydney Australia and father of William Wentworth (William Charles Wentworth).
• John Wentworth, several people:
  • John Wentworth (Lieutenant-Governor) (1671-1730), colonial Lt.-Governor of New Hampshire
  • John Wentworth (judge) (1719-1781) Jurist and revolutionary leader in New Hampshire
  • John Wentworth (governor) (1737-1820), colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia
  • John Wentworth (lawyer) (1768-1820), Attorney General of Prince Edward Island and New Hampshire lawyer
  • John Wentworth (mayor) (1815-1888) Chicago mayor and U.S Congressman
  • John Wentworth Jr. (1745-1787), Continental Congress delegate from New Hampshire
• Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, "Lady Wentworth," notable Arabian horse breeder.
• Patricia Wentworth, mystery writer
• Stephen G. Wentworth, (1811-1897), founder of Wentworth Military Academy
• Thomas Wentworth, (1593 - 1641), the 1st Earl of Strafford
• Thomas Wentworth, British general in charge of land forces during Vernon's 1741 expedition against Cartagena
• Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Colonel commanding the first black regiment in the U.S. Civil War
• William Wentworth (William Charles Wentworth) (1790 – 1872), Australian explorer, journalist and politician
• William Wentworth (Australian politician), a descendant of William Charles Wentworth
• Captain Wentworth, character in Jane Austen's Persuasion (novel)
• Dixie Wentworth, a recurring character appearing in early episodes of the U.S. sketch comedy television show, MADtv
• Wentworth Miller, actor

[edit] Locations

Australia

• Division of Wentworth, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales
• Wentworth, New South Wales, a town

Canada

• Wentworth, Nova Scotia, located in the Wentworth Valley and comprising the communities of Wentworth Centre, Wentworth Station and Wentworth Valley

England

• Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
• Wentworth, Surrey
  • The Wentworth Club, a golf club in Surrey
• Wentworth, South Yorkshire
  • Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency), electoral district in South Yorkshire

United States

• Wentworth, Missouri
• Wentworth, New Hampshire
• Wentworth, North Carolina
• Wentworth, South Dakota

[edit] Fiction

• Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional prison in Melbourne, Australia from the television show Prisoner.

[edit] Institutions

• Wentworth Institute of Technology, a college in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Wentworth Military Academy, a boarding school and college in Lexington, Missouri, USA
• Ski Wentworth, a ski hill in Wentworth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• The T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum in Pensacola, Florida, USA
• Wentworth College, Bournemouth, a day and boarding school in Dorset, UK
• Wentworth College, a college of the University of York, UK