William
"2nd Earl of Strafford"
Wentworth
KG
Born in Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Wentworth KG
and Arabella (Holles) Wentworth
Husband of
Henriette (La Rochefoucauld) Wentworth
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Henrietta Mary (Stanley) Wentworth
— married
27 Feb 1654 (to 27 Dec 1685) in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Died
at age 69
in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Sep 2014
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Biography
William Wentworth KG was born in Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England.
William Wentworth was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
William Wentworth KG is Notable.
- Strafford County, New Hampshire is named in his honor.
Sources
- Wikipedia: William_Wentworth,_2nd_Earl_of_Strafford.
- Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 2 Page 1549: Wentworth
- Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th Ed. Vol 2 By Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892 (https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera02byuburk) Download: (https://ia800204.us.archive.org/14/items/genealogicalhera02byuburk/genealogicalhera02byuburk.pdf)
- Foster, Joseph: London Marriage Licences, p. 1437.
- https://www.british-history.ac.uk/commons-jrnl/vol2/p176
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96302435/william-wentworth The entry includes photographs of the monuments and its inscription, and a transcript of the inscription.
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