Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (equerry)

Captain Sir William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam GCVO JP DL HHS (31 March 1848 – 17 April 1925) was a British courtier.

The fourth son of William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam, by Lady Frances Harries, eldest daughter of the 19th Earl of Morton. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [1] In 1870 he purchased a Cornetcy in the Royal Horse Guards.[2] He was promoted Lieutenant in 1871[3] and Captain in 1878.[4]

From 1880 to 1882 he was ADC to Lord Ripon as Viceroy of India. He retired from the Army in 1883.[5]

He was a DL for the West Riding. In 1898 he was High Sheriff for Rutland where he sat on the bench. An expert on horses, in 1901 he was appointed Master of the Stables and Extra Equerry to the Prince of Wales.[6][7] 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,[8] a post he held until his retirement in 1924.

He married Constance Anne Brocklehurst on 31 October 1882. They had one son, Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 9th Earl Fitzwilliam (4 December 1883 – 3 April 1952).

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.[9]

Colonel Fitzwilliam was a member of several London Gentleman's Clubs Barnsdale, Oakham, Brooks's, and Marlborough in St James's. He was also a member in the west end the Turf and the Bachelors Clubs. He was also a member at the Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace where the Kig kept his horse.


Court offices
Preceded by
Sir Henry Ewart		 Crown Equerry
1910–1924 		Succeeded by
Arthur Erskine

Sources

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Fitzwilliam, the Hon. William Charles Wentworth (FTSN867WC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23581. p. 536. 28 January 1870.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23876. p. 3197. 16 July 1872.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24634. p. 5609. 18 October 1878.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25223. p. 2111. 20 April 1883.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27378. p. 7472. 19 November 1901.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27384. p. 8711. 6 December 1901.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28402. p. 5498. 29 July 1910.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32178. p. 8. 1 January 1921.

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