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normal;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Garter">KG</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:5thEarlFitzwilliam.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/5thEarlFitzwilliam.png/220px-5thEarlFitzwilliam.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/5thEarlFitzwilliam.png 1.5x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="402" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">copy of a portrait by <a href="/wiki/John_Hoppner" title="John Hoppner">John Hoppner</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Charles William Wentworth-FitzWilliam</div><br />4 May 1786</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">4 October 1857<span style="display:none">(1857-10-04)</span> (aged 71)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Hon. Mary Dundas</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1806; died 1830)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">13, including:<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_6th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wentworth-FitzWilliam" title="George Wentworth-FitzWilliam">Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wentworth-FitzWilliam_(MP)" title="Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (MP)">Hon. Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam,_4th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam</a></li> <li>Lady Charlotte Ponsonby</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam,_KG.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam%2C_KG.png/250px-Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam%2C_KG.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam%2C_KG.png/375px-Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam%2C_KG.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam%2C_KG.png/500px-Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam%2C_KG.png 2x" data-file-width="1158" data-file-height="1158" /></a><figcaption>Quartered arms of Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam, KG</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam</b> in the peerage of Ireland, and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">KG</a></span></span> (4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857) was a British nobleman and politician. He was president three times of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Statistical_Society" title="Royal Statistical Society">Royal Statistical Society</a> in 1838–1840, 1847–1849, and 1853–1855; and president of the <a href="/wiki/British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="British Association for the Advancement of Science">British Association for the Advancement of Science</a> in its inaugural year (1831–2).<sup id="cite_ref-Fitzwilliam1844_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzwilliam1844-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born on 4 May 1786 as the only son of <a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam,_4th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Ireland" title="Lord Lieutenant of Ireland">Lord Lieutenant of Ireland</a>, and his first wife, Lady Charlotte Ponsonby (daughter of <a href="/wiki/William_Ponsonby,_2nd_Earl_of_Bessborough" title="William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough">William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his mother's death in 1822, his father married the Louisa, Baroness Ponsonby (daughter of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth,_3rd_Viscount_Molesworth" title="Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth">Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth</a> and widow of <a href="/wiki/William_Ponsonby,_1st_Baron_Ponsonby" title="William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby">William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby</a>), in 1823, however, she died soon after in February 1824.<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His paternal grandparents were <a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam,_3rd_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam">William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam</a> and Lady Anne Watson-Wentworth (daughter of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Watson-Wentworth,_1st_Marquess_of_Rockingham" title="Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham">Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham</a>, and sister to <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Watson-Wentworth,_2nd_Marquess_of_Rockingham" title="Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham">Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham</a>). His father inherited the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham's estates in 1782.<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a pupil at <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton College</a> from 1796 to 1802.<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before inheriting the Earldom on 8 February 1833 on the death of his father, he was known by the <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_title" title="Courtesy title">courtesy title</a> of <b>Viscount Milton</b>. Under that name, he was the <a href="/wiki/British_Whig_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="British Whig Party">Whig</a> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Northamptonshire</a> between 1831 and 1832. Fitzwilliam became a strong supporter of Parliamentary Reform and one of the principal advocates of repeal of the Corn Laws.<sup id="cite_ref-Wasson1987_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wasson1987-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spring1954_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spring1954-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fitzwilliam1834_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fitzwilliam1834-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Family_seat" title="Family seat">family seat</a> was <a href="/wiki/Wentworth_Woodhouse" title="Wentworth Woodhouse">Wentworth Woodhouse</a>, reputedly the largest private house in England.<sup id="cite_ref-Pagnamenta2012_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pagnamenta2012-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 8 July 1806, Viscount Milton married <a href="/wiki/Cousin_marriage" title="Cousin marriage">his cousin</a>, the Hon. Mary Dundas (1787–1830). Mary was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dundas,_1st_Baron_Dundas" title="Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas">Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas</a> and Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam (the <a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam,_2nd_Earl_Fitzwilliam" class="mw-redirect" title="William Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam">4th Earl</a>'s sister).<sup id="cite_ref-Cokayne1916_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cokayne1916-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had thirteen children:<sup id="cite_ref-Debrett's1888_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Debrett's1888-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Lady Charlotte Wentworth-FitzWilliam (b. 1807)<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hon. Margaret Bruce Wentworth-FitzWilliam (1809–1809)<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lady Mary Wentworth-FitzWilliam (1810–1893), who married Leonard Thompson, Esq.<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Charles_Wentworth-FitzWilliam,_Viscount_Milton" title="William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton">William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton</a> (1812–1835), who married Lady Selina Charlotte Jenkinson, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Jenkinson,_3rd_Earl_of_Liverpool" title="Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool">Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool</a>, in 1833.<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had two children; the younger survived:<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Stillborn son (14 November 1834)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hon. Mary Selina Charlotte Fitzwilliam (1836–1899), who married <a href="/wiki/Henry_Portman,_2nd_Viscount_Portman" title="Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman">Henry Portman, 2nd Viscount Portman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Lady Frances Laura Wentworth-FitzWilliam (1813–1887), who married Rev. William Bridgman-Simpson in 1837.<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had five children:<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Mary Bridgeman-Simpson (d. 1880)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Beatrice Dorothy Mary Bridgeman-Simpson (d. 1936)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Orlando John George Bridgeman-Simpson (1838–1907)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>George Arthur Bridgeman-Simpson (1846–1913)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Bridgeman_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Francis Bridgeman (Royal Navy officer)">Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman-Simpson</a> (1848–1929)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_6th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam</a> (1815–1902)<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wentworth-FitzWilliam" title="George Wentworth-FitzWilliam">Hon. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam</a> (1817–1874), who married Alice Louisa Anson, daughter of daughter of <a href="/wiki/George_Anson_(British_Army_officer,_born_1797)" title="George Anson (British Army officer, born 1797)">Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson</a> in 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had three children:<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1866–1935), who married Daisy Evelyn Lyster, daughter of Charles Stephan Lyster, in 1888. They had two sons: <ul><li>George James Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (1888–1955), who married Lorna Beryl Morgan in 1914. They had two children:<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Richard John Godric Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1916–1987)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rosemary Ann Wentworth-FitzWilliam (1918–1997)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_10th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Thomas George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam</a> (1904–1979)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Alice Mary Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1869–1956)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1871–1949)<sup id="cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Lady Anne Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1819–1879), who married <a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_baronets" title="Mackenzie baronets">Sir James John Randoll Mackenzie of Scatwell, 6th Bt</a> at the Chapel at Wentworth Woodhouse in 1838.<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lady Dorothy Wentworth-FitzWilliam (b. 1822)<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam (1823–1824)<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hon. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wentworth-FitzWilliam_(MP)" title="Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam (MP)">Charles William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam</a> (1826–1894), who married Anne Dundas, daughter of Reverend Hon. Thomas Lawrence Dundas, in 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Died without issue.</li> <li>[a son] (b. and d. 18 Mar 1828)<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lady Albreda Elizabeth Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1829–1891), who married <a href="/wiki/Fitzpatrick_Henry_Vernon,_2nd_Baron_Lyveden" class="mw-redirect" title="Fitzpatrick Henry Vernon, 2nd Baron Lyveden">Fitzpatrick Henry Vernon, 2nd Baron Lyveden</a> in 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-Lodge1843_10-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lodge1843-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Lord Fitzwilliam died on 4 October 1857.<sup id="cite_ref-DNB_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DNB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From his father's second marriage, he had five step-siblings: <a href="/wiki/John_Ponsonby,_1st_Viscount_Ponsonby" title="John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby">John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby</a> (a diplomat), Hon. Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Ponsonby_(British_Army_officer)" title="William Ponsonby (British Army officer)">William Ponsonby</a> (a Maj.-Gen. in the Army who was killed at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ponsonby" title="Richard Ponsonby">Richard Ponsonby</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Killaloe_and_Kilfenora" title="Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora">Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Derry" title="Bishop of Derry">Derry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Derry_and_Raphoe" title="Bishop of Derry and Raphoe">Derry and Raphoe</a>), <a href="/wiki/George_Ponsonby_(Junior_Lord_of_the_Treasury)" title="George Ponsonby (Junior Lord of the Treasury)">George Ponsonby</a> (MP and <a href="/wiki/Junior_Lord_of_the_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior Lord of the Treasury">Junior Lord of the Treasury</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Grey,_Countess_Grey" title="Mary Grey, Countess Grey">Mary</a> (wife of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey" title="Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey">Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey</a>).</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Fitzwilliam1844-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fitzwilliam1844_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fitzwilliam, Charles William, Earl (1844) <i>Correspondence ... of Edmund Burke</i>, London.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mosley2003-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mosley2003_2-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mosley, Charles, editor. <i>Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.</i> <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>: <a href="/wiki/Burke%27s_Peerage" title="Burke's Peerage">Burke's Peerage</a> (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4284.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wasson1987-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Wasson1987_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wasson, Ellis Archer (1987) <i>Whig Renaissance: Lord Althorp and the Whig Party 1782-1845</i>, Garland, London.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Spring1954-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Spring1954_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Spring, David (1954) "Earl Fitzwilliam and the Corn Laws", <i>American Historical Review</i>. v. 59, n. 2. Pages 287-304.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fitzwilliam1834-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fitzwilliam1834_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fitzwilliam, Charles William, Earl (1834) <i>Address to the Landowners of Great Britain on the Corn Laws</i> (<i>Second Address</i> 1835).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pagnamenta2012-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pagnamenta2012_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pagnamenta, Peter (2012) USA W.W.Norton & Co. <i>Prairie Fever: British Aristocrats in the American West 1830-1890</i>. Page 136,137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cokayne1916-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cokayne1916_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCokayne1916" class="citation book cs1">Cokayne, George Edward (1916). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Complete_Peerage_of_England_Scotland/OBt9LYzvQmkC&pg=PA522"><i>The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: Dacre to Dysart</i></a>. 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London: Smith, Elder & Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Fitzwilliam%2C+Charles+William+Wentworth&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Smith%2C+Elder+%26+Co&rft.date=1889&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACharles+Wentworth-Fitzwilliam%2C+5th+Earl+Fitzwilliam" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_5th_Earl_Fitzwilliam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i> 1803–2005: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Yorkshire</a> </b><br />1807–1830 <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/William_Wilberforce" title="William Wilberforce">William Wilberforce</a> 1807–1812<br /><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lascelles,_2nd_Earl_of_Harewood" title="Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood">Viscount Lascelles</a> 1812–1818<br /><a href="/wiki/James_Stuart-Wortley,_1st_Baron_Wharncliffe" title="James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe">James Stuart-Wortley</a> 1818–1826<br /><a href="/wiki/William_Duncombe,_2nd_Baron_Feversham" title="William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham">William Duncombe</a> 1826–1830<br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fountayne_Wilson" title="Richard Fountayne Wilson">Richard Fountayne Wilson</a> 1826–1830<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Marshall_(industrialist)" title="John Marshall (industrialist)">John Marshall</a> 1826–1830 </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Duncombe,_2nd_Baron_Feversham" title="William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham">William Duncombe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_Howard,_7th_Earl_of_Carlisle" title="George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle">Viscount Morpeth</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bethell_(1772%E2%80%931864)" title="Richard Bethell (1772–1864)">Richard Bethell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brougham,_1st_Baron_Brougham_and_Vaux" title="Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux">Henry Brougham</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Scarlett,_1st_Baron_Abinger" title="James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger">Sir James Scarlett</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Heron,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet">Sir Robert Heron, Bt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)">Peterborough</a> </b><br />1830 <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Heron,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet">Sir Robert Heron, Bt</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Heron,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet">Sir Robert Heron, Bt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Nicholas_Fazakerley" title="John Nicholas Fazakerley">John Nicholas Fazakerley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Grey,_3rd_Earl_Grey" title="Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey">Viscount Howick</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Higham_Ferrers_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency)">Higham Ferrers</a> </b><br />1831 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Pepys,_1st_Earl_of_Cottenham" title="Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham">Charles Pepys</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Ralph_Cartwright" title="William Ralph Cartwright">William Ralph Cartwright</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_3rd_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer">Viscount Althorp</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Northamptonshire</a> </b><br />1831–1832 <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/John_Spencer,_3rd_Earl_Spencer" title="John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer">Viscount Althorp</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/North_Northamptonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">North Northamptonshire</a> </b><br />1832–1833 <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan" title="James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan">Lord Brudenell</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan" title="James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan">Lord Brudenell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam,_Viscount_Milton_(d._1835)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (d. 1835)">Viscount Milton</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Ireland" title="Peerage of Ireland">Peerage of Ireland</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam,_4th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Fitzwilliam</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="Earl Fitzwilliam">Earl Fitzwilliam</a> </b><br />1833–1857 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_6th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_Great_Britain" title="Peerage of Great Britain">Peerage of Great Britain</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Fitzwilliam,_4th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Fitzwilliam</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="Earl Fitzwilliam">Earl Fitzwilliam</a> </b><br />1833–1857 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Wentworth-Fitzwilliam,_6th_Earl_Fitzwilliam" title="William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam">William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid lightgreen">Professional and academic associations </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Griffin,_3rd_Baron_Braybrooke" title="Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke">Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> President of the <a href="/wiki/Surtees_Society" title="Surtees Society">Surtees Society</a> </b><br />1843–46 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Vane,_2nd_Duke_of_Cleveland" title="Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland">Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div 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title="William Farr">William Farr</a></li> <li>1873–1875 <a href="/wiki/William_Guy" title="William Guy">William Guy</a></li> <li>1875–1877 <a href="/wiki/James_Heywood_(philanthropist)" title="James Heywood (philanthropist)">James Heywood</a></li> <li>1877–1879 <a href="/wiki/George_Shaw-Lefevre,_1st_Baron_Eversley" class="mw-redirect" title="George Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley">George Shaw-Lefevre</a></li> <li>1879–1880 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brassey,_1st_Earl_Brassey" title="Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey">Thomas Brassey</a></li> <li>1880–1882 <a href="/wiki/James_Caird_(1816-1892)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Caird (1816-1892)">James Caird</a></li> <li>1882–1884 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Giffen" title="Robert Giffen">Robert Giffen</a></li> <li>1884–1886 <a href="/wiki/Rawson_W._Rawson" title="Rawson W. Rawson">Rawson W. Rawson</a></li> <li>1886–1888 <a href="/wiki/George_Goschen,_1st_Viscount_Goschen" title="George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen">George Goschen</a></li> <li>1888–1890 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graham_Balfour" title="Thomas Graham Balfour">Thomas Graham Balfour</a></li> <li>1890–1892 <a href="/wiki/Frederic_J._Mouat" title="Frederic J. Mouat">Frederic J. Mouat</a></li> <li>1892–1894 <a href="/wiki/Charles_Booth_(social_reformer)" title="Charles Booth (social reformer)">Charles Booth</a></li> <li>1894–1896 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Farrer,_1st_Baron_Farrer" title="Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer">The Lord Farrer</a></li> <li>1896–1897 <a href="/wiki/John_Biddulph_Martin" title="John Biddulph Martin">John Biddulph Martin</a></li> <li>1897 <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Edmund_Bateman" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Edmund Bateman">Alfred Edmund Bateman</a></li> <li>1897–1899 <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Courtney,_1st_Baron_Courtney_of_Penwith" title="Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith">Leonard Courtney</a></li> <li>1899–1900 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fowler,_1st_Viscount_Wolverhampton" title="Henry Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton">Henry Fowler</a></li> <li>1900–1902 <a href="/wiki/John_Lubbock,_1st_Baron_Avebury" title="John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury">The Lord Avebury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1902–1904 <a href="/wiki/Patrick_George_Craigie" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick George Craigie">Patrick George Craigie</a></li> <li>1904–1905 <a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Powell,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet">Sir Francis Powell, Bt</a></li> <li>1905–1906 <a href="/wiki/William_Onslow,_4th_Earl_of_Onslow" title="William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow">The Earl of Onslow</a></li> <li>1906–1907 <a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Martin,_1st_Baronet,_of_Overbury_Court" title="Sir Richard Martin, 1st Baronet, of Overbury Court">Richard Martin</a></li> <li>1907–1909 <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Dilke,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet">Sir Charles Dilke, Bt</a></li> <li>1909–1910 <a href="/wiki/Jervoise_Athelstane_Baines" title="Jervoise Athelstane Baines">Jervoise Athelstane Baines</a></li> <li>1910–1912 <a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton" title="Lord George Hamilton">Lord George Hamilton</a></li> <li>1912–1914 <a href="/wiki/Francis_Ysidro_Edgeworth" title="Francis Ysidro Edgeworth">Francis Ysidro Edgeworth</a></li> <li>1914–1915 <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Welby,_1st_Baron_Welby" title="Reginald Welby, 1st Baron Welby">The Lord Welby</a></li> <li>1915–1916 <a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton" title="Lord George Hamilton">Lord George Hamilton</a></li> <li>1916–1918 <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Mallet" title="Bernard Mallet">Bernard Mallet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Registrar_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Registrar General">Registrar General</a></li> <li>1918–1920 <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel" title="Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel">Herbert Samuel</a></li> <li>1920–1922 <a href="/wiki/R._Henry_Rew" title="R. Henry Rew">R. Henry Rew</a></li> <li>1922–1924 <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Emmott,_1st_Baron_Emmott" title="Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott">The Lord Emmott</a></li> <li>1924–1926 <a href="/wiki/Udny_Yule" title="Udny Yule">Udny Yule</a></li> <li>1926–1928 <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Vincent,_1st_Viscount_D%27Abernon" title="Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon">The Viscount D'Abernon</a></li> <li>1928–1930 <a href="/wiki/A._William_Flux" class="mw-redirect" title="A. William Flux">A. 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