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Sir William Wentworth, 4th Baronet

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59: 97:. In 1737 he found himself in an awkward political situation. He was asked on behalf of the Prince of Wales to support a motion opposed by the Government which proposed an increase in the Prince's allowance and was in great consternation as to what course of action to take. Finally, he supported the Prince which upset his patron's brother 354: 118: 101:
and left him to regret his action, claiming he was tricked. He did not vote on the Spanish convention in 1739 nor on the Place Bill in 1740. He was not put up as a candidate at the
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of Bretton by his wife Elizabeth Osbaldeston, a daughter of William Osbaldeston of Hunmanby, Yorkshire. In February 1706, he succeeded his father in the
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In about 1720, with the assistance of James Moyser, he built the surviving Bretton Hall, which replaced an earlier house on the site.
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Wentworth died on 1 March 1763 and was buried at Bretton. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his third and only surviving son
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at a by-election on 19 May 1731. He voted regularly with the Government. He was returned again for Malton at the
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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Diana Wentworth, the eldest daughter, wife of Godfrey Bosville of
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on 29 October 1686, the second but eldest surviving son of
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 05
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Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire
House of Commons
York Minster
Sir Mathew Wentworth, 3rd Baronet
baronetcy

High Sheriff of Yorkshire
Member of Parliament
Malton
Thomas Watson-Wentworth
1734 general election
Thomas Wentworth
1741 general election
St Paul's Cathedral
Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet
Newcastle upon Tyne
Sir Thomas Wentworth Blackett, 5th Baronet
Gunthwaite
William Bosville
Sir Thomas Wentworth Blackett, 5th Baronet
"WENTWORTH, Sir William, 4th Bt. (1686-1763), of Bretton, Yorks"
Complete Baronetage volume 3 (1649-1664)

Parliament of Great Britain
Henry Finch
Wardell Westby
Member of Parliament
Malton
1741
Henry Finch

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