10. | William (7th Earl Fitzwilliam) Wentworth-Fitzwilliam was born on 25 Jul 1872 in Pointe de Meuron, Ontario, Canada (son of William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton, MP and Laura Beauclerk); died on 15 Feb 1943 in Wentworth Woodhouse. Notes:
he inherited the title Earl Fitzwilliam on the death of his grandfather William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam
On his succession to the Earldom, he became one of the richest men in Britain, inheriting an estate of significant land, industrial and mineral-right holdings worth ?3.3 billion in 2007 terms
Birth:
He was born in Pointe de Meuron, Ontario, Canada, to William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton and Laura Beauclerk, granddaughter of William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans. The unusual circumstances of his birth in a remote part of Canada's frontier lands were later to cause major controversy within the family. The accusation was that he was a changeling: an unrelated baby inserted into the family line, to purge the bloodline of the epilepsy from which his ostensible forebears had suffered, and to provide that arm of the family with a male heir to inherit the earldom.[2]
His birth was registered in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on 20 August 1872. It was noted in the remarks that his parents were visiting the district "for the benefit of the health of the father, Lord Milton."
William + Lady Maud Frederica Elizabeth Dundas. Maud (daughter of Lawrence (1st Marquess of Zetland) Dundas and Lady Lillian Selina Elizabeth Lumley) was born on 9 Jul 1877; died on 15 Mar 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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