B57988-Wentworth

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Name of the family:

Wentworth

Blason:

Sa. a chev. betw. three leopards' faces or.

Crest(s):

A griffin pass. wings elevated ar.

Supporters:

Dexter, a griffin ar.; sinister, a lion or.

Motto:

En Dieu est tout.

Info about the family:

Burl of Strafford, extinct 169S, revived 1711, again extinct 1799; Thomas Wentworth, Esq., of Wentworth-Woodhouse, representative of this ancient and noble family, m. Beatrice, dau. and heir of Richard Woodroofe, Esq., of Woolley, co. York, and d. 6 Dec. 1548, leaving two sons: I. William, his successor, whose grandson, Sir William Wentworth, Knt., of Wentworth-Woodhouse, High Sheriff co. York 1602, was created a bart. 1611; II. Michael, who inherited the estate of Woolley, and was ancestor of the Wentwobths, of Woolley; Sir Thomas Wentworth, second bart. of Wentworth-Woodhouse, the firm friend and supporter of Charles I., was created Baron and Viscount Wentworth 1628, Lord Deputy of Ireland 1633, Baron Baby, of Raby Castle {with a special remainder}, and Bart of Strafford 1640, and was beheaded 1642; his son, the second earl, d.s.p. 1695, when all his honours became extinct except that of Baby, which passed to Sir Thomas Wentworth as third Baron Raby, who was created Earl of Strafford 1711; the third earl of this creation d.s.p. 1799

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1092

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