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Captain '''Sir William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCVO|JP|DL}} (31 March 1848 – 17 April 1925) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[courtier]].

The fourth son of [[William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 6th Earl FitzWilliam]] and Lady Frances Harriet, eldest daughter of the [[Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton|19th Earl of Morton]], he was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=FTSN867WC|name=Fitzwilliam, the Hon. William Charles Wentworth}}</ref> In 1870 he purchased a [[Cornet (rank)|Cornetcy]] in the [[Royal Horse Guards]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23581 |date=28 January 1870 |page=536}}</ref> He was promoted [[Lieutenant]] in 1871<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=23876 |date=16 July 1872 |page=3197}}</ref> and [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] in 1878.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=24634 |date=18 October 1878 |page=5609}}</ref>

From 1880 to 1882 he was [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] to [[George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon|Lord Ripon]] as [[Viceroy of India]]. He retired from the Army in 1883.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25223 |date=20 April 1883 |page=2111}}</ref>

He stood as the Conservative candidate for [[Hallamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Hallamshire]].

He was a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and in 1898 he was [[High Sheriff of Rutland]], where he was a [[justice of the peace]]. An expert on horses, in 1901 he was appointed [[Master of the Stables]] and [[Extra Equerry]] to the [[Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27378 |date=19 November 1901 |page=7472}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27384 |date=6 December 1901 |page=8711 |supp=y}}</ref> On the latter's accession as [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] in 1910 he was promoted to [[Crown Equerry]] and Secretary to the [[Master of the Horse]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28402 |date=29 July 1910 |page=5498}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32178 |date=1 January 1921 |page=8|supp=y }}</ref>

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==Footnotes==
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==References==
*Obituary, ''[[The Times]]'', 20 April 1925

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