|
Earl Fitzwilliam was a title in both the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain held by the head of the Fitzwilliam family.〔Brydges, Egerton (''Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical and Historical'' ) Vol. VIII (pp.374–400) London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1812〕 The Fitzwilliams acquired extensive holdings in the south of the West Riding of Yorkshire, largely through strategic alliances through marriage. In 1410, Sir John Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough, who died in 1421, married Margaret Clarell, daughter of Thomas Clarell of Aldwark, the descendant of a major Norman landholding family. This is how the Fitzwilliams acquired the Clarell holdings.〔(Marriage of Fitzwilliam and Clarell, Earls of Fitzwilliam, rotherhamweb )〕 Sir William Fitzwilliam (–1534) was an Alderman and Sheriff of London and acquired the Milton Hall estate in Peterborough in 1502. His grandson Sir William Fitzwilliam served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1571 to 1575 and from 1588 to 1594; he supervised the execution of the death sentence on Mary, Queen of Scots. ==The Barons Fitzwilliam== His grandson William Fitzwilliam (d. 1643) was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Lord Fitzwilliam, Baron of Liffer, alias Lifford, in the County of Donegal, in 1620.〔By letters patent bearing the date at Westminster, 1 December 18 Jac. I〕 He was the first Baron FitzWilliam. His son was William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam (c.1609 – 21 February 1658). His son William became 3rd Baron FitzWilliam. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Earl Fitzwilliam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|