Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (MP)

The Hon. Charles William Wentworth-FitzWilliam (18 September 1826-20 December 1894), was a British Liberal politician.

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Background

Wentworth-FitzWilliam was a younger son of Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam, and the Hon. Mary, daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas. William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam and George Wentworth-FitzWilliam were his elder brothers.

Political career

Wentworth-FitzWilliam was elected Member of Parliament for Malton in 1852, a seat he held until the constituency was abolished in 1885.

Family

Wentworth-FitzWilliam married his first cousin Anne, daughter of Reverend Thomas Lawrence Dundas, in 1854. He died in December 1894, aged 68. His wife died in December 1925.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Evelyn Denison
John Walbanke Childers
Member of Parliament for Malton
1852–1885
With: Sir Evelyn Denison 1852–1857
James Brown 1857–1868
(representation reduced to one member 1868)
Constituency abolished