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FITZWILLIAM, RICHARD, 6TH VISCOUNT FITZWILLIAM (I), eldest son of Richard Fitzwilliam, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam (I) PC (I) MP, and Frances, dau. of Sir John Shelley, Bart.; bap 24 Jul 1711; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1724; Cornet, Pembroke’s Horse (afterwards 1st Dragoon Guards) 10 Jul 1722; 4th Dragoon Guards 22 May 1725; Capt., 36th Foot 1 Nov 1739; Lieut. -Col., 10 Mar 1741/2; retd. 19 Mar 1744/5; succ. father as 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam (I) 6 Jun 1743; KB 28 May 1744; Privy Councillor (I) Apr 1746; Vice-Adm., Leinster; FRS 17 Dec 1747; FSA 23 Feb 1748; m. 3 May 1744 Catherine, dau. of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart., MP; d. 25 Apr 1776.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.