The Earl Fitzwilliam | |
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 copy of a portrait by John Hoppner | |
| Born | Charles William Wentworth-FitzWilliam 4 May 1786 |
| Died | 4 October 1857 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
| Spouse |
Hon. Mary Dundas
(m. 1806; died 1830) |
| Children | 13, including: |
| Parents |
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Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland, and 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain, KG (4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857) was a British nobleman and politician. He was president three times of the Royal Statistical Society in 1838–1840, 1847–1849, and 1853–1855; and president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in its inaugural year (1831–2).[1]
- ^ Fitzwilliam, Charles William, Earl (1844) Correspondence ... of Edmund Burke, London.