death_place death_date predecessor title nationality parents birth_date spouse article_title name
marholm 10 august 1756 john fitzwilliam , 2nd earl fitzwilliam 3rd earl fitzwilliam british john fitzwilliam , 2nd earl fitzwilliam 15 january 1719 lady -rrb- anne watson-wentworth -lrb- daughter of earl of malton william fitzwilliam , 3rd earl fitzwilliam
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william fitzwilliam , 3rd earl fitzwilliam

william fitzwilliam , 3rd earl fitzwilliam -lrb- 15 january 1719 -- 10 august 1756 -rrb- was a british peer .
he was the son of john fitzwilliam , 2nd earl fitzwilliam by his wife anne , daughter of john stringer of sutton cum lound , nottinghamshire .
his sister anne was later second wife to francis godolphin , 2nd baron godolphin .
he succeeded his father as third earl fitzwilliam in the peerage of ireland on 28 august 1728 .
he was elected member of parliament for peterborough on 4 may 1741 , and sat until he was created baron fitzwilliam in the peerage of great britain on 19 april 1742 .
he was made a member of the irish privy council on 6 june 1746 , and further created earl fitzwilliam in the peerage of great britain on 6 september 1746 .
on 22 june 1744 at st george 's , hanover square , lord fitzwilliam was married to lady anne watson-wentworth , daughter of the earl of malton .
lord malton was later created marquess of rockingham ; lady anne 's brother was the future prime minister charles watson-wentworth .
lord and lady fitzwilliam had two sons and six daughters , including : lady charlotte fitzwilliam -lrb- 14 july 1746 -- 11 february 1833 -rrb- , who married thomas dundas , 1st baron dundas and had issue ; and william fitzwilliam , viscount milton -lrb- 30 may 1748 -- 8 february 1833 -rrb- .
lord fitzwilliam died at marholm at the age of thirty-seven and was succeeded as earl by his son charles .
his widow lady fitzwilliam died on 29 august 1769 .
