2-425: Frederick Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford (1732 – 7 August 1799) was a British peer . He was the eldest son of William Wentworth, a gentleman usher of the privy chamber to Augusta, Princess of Wales . William was the son of Peter Wentworth of Henbury , the brother of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739) , who was included in the special remainder creating the earldom. Frederick Thomas
4-755: Was educated at Eton and commissioned an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards on 3 December 1760. On 29 January 1773, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Cornwall . In 1791, he succeeded his first cousin once removed, William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (the last heir-male of the 1st Earl), as Earl of Strafford . He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire on 2 March 1793. Upon his death in 1799, his estates passed to his sister, Augusta Anne Hatfield-Kaye. On 17 September 1772, Frederick Wentworth married Elizabeth Gould. Elizabeth Wentworth, Countess Strafford died on 1 May 1811. This biography of an earl or countess in
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