Quarterly, 1st and 4th: Lozengy argent and gules (Fitzwilliam); 2nd and 3rd: sable, a chevron between three leopards' faces, or (Wentworth)[1]
Creation date
1716 (Ireland) 1746 (Great Britain)
Created by
George I (Ireland) George II (Great Britain)
Peerage
Peerage of Ireland Peerage of Great Britain
First holder
William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Baron Fitzwilliam
Last holder
Thomas Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 10th Earl Fitzwilliam
Remainder to
Heirs male of the first earl's body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Viscount Milton Baron Fitzwilliam
Extinction date
21 September 1979
Former seat(s)
Wentworth Woodhouse Milton Hall
Motto
Appetitus rationi pareat ("Let your desires be ruled by reason")[1]
Earl Fitzwilliam (or FitzWilliam) was a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Fitzwilliam family (later Wentworth-Fitzwilliam).[2]
^ abDebrett's Peerage. 1862. p. 156. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^Brydges, Egerton Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical and Historical Vol. VIII (pp. 374–400) London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1812.
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