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George Fitzwilliam

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The History of Parliament website entry for George Fitzwilliam specifies his birth date as 28 February 1757 and declares that he was born posthumously. However, the Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James has a baptismal date of 11 March 1756 and a birth date of 28 February
185: 71:). In the House of Commons he voted against parliamentary reform in May 1783, and as a result his brother Lord Fitzwilliam was dissuaded from nominating him for 32: 64: 175: 72: 48: 28: 170: 129: 52: 180: 79:, when he left the House. There is no record of his having spoken in Parliament. He died, unmarried, two years later. 117:
The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster Vol. IV. 1741-1760
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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
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William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
Eton
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Horse Grenadier Guards
William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam
Grimsby
general election in 1780
Sir Lawrence Dundas
Richmond
Thomas
York
general election in 1784
FITZWILLIAM, Hon. George (1757-86).
The History of Parliament
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1757 births
1786 deaths
Younger sons of earls
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
British MPs 1780–1784
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies

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