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Gen. Sir George Wentworth, Kt.

Birthdate:
Death: before circa 1667
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir William Wentworth, 1st Bt of Wentworth Woodhouse and Anne Wentworth
Husband of Frances Wentworth
Father of Ruishe Wentworth
Brother of Anne Savile (Wentworth); Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford; Sir William Wentworth of Ashby; Michael Wentworth; Margaret Hutton and 5 others

Occupation: General of the King's forces in Ireland; Privy Councilor for Ireland
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About Gen. Sir George Wentworth, Kt.

  • The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/wentworthgenealo01inwent
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n103/mo...
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  • Sir George23 Wentworth, Kt.; eighth son of Sir William22 as in Table B; General: died before 1667. mar. Frances, daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Ruishe, Co. Kent.
    • Ruishe24 Wentworth, of Sarre. mar. Susanna, sister of James Adye, Esq., of Barham, Co. Kent.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n166/mo...
  • (21) Thomas Wentworth, Esq., married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, Kt., and had issue, four daughters, viz: Elizabeth, who married Thomas Danby, Esq.: Barbara, who died unmarried; Margaret, who married, first Michael, son and heir of Lord Darcy, and secondly, Jasper Blythman, Esq.: and Catherine, who married Thomas Gargrave, Esq.; and an only son --
    • (22) Sir William Wentworth, who was created a Baronet, 29 June, 1611, and died in 1614. By his wife Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Atkins, Kt., he had eight sons and three daughters; of whom John, Matthew, Philip, Michael, and Robert, all died unmarried. Mary married Sir Richard Hooton, Kt.; Anne married Sir George Savile, Kt.: and Elizabeth married James Dillon, third Earl of Roscommon, and was mother of the celebrated poet, Wentworth Dillon, fourth Earl of Roscommon.
      • The second son, Sir William Wentworth of Ashby Puerorum, in Lincolnshire, was knighted by Charles I., and fell in his service, at the battle of Marston Moor, 3 July, 1644. He married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Savile, Esq., and was the ancestor of the Wentworths of Wentworth Castle, Barons Raby, Viscounts Wentworth, and Earls of Strafford of the second creation, which line terminated in an heiress, and which dignities expired on the death of the third Earl, 7 August, 1799. The eighth son, Sir George Wentworth, was also knighted by Charles I., and made General of his forces in Ireland, and died before 1667; he married Frances, daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Ruishe, Kt., of the county of Kent, and had issue; but his line also terminated in an heiress, who married Thomas, Lord Howard of Effingham. The direct line continued through-- ________________
  • William WENTWORTH
  • Born: ABT 1563
  • Died: 1614
  • Father: Thomas WENTWORTH (Sir)
  • Mother: Margaret GASCOIGNE
  • Married: Anne ATKINSON
  • Children:
    • 1. Thomas WENTWORTH (1° E. Strafford)
    • 2. William WENTWORTH
    • 3. George WENTWORTH
    • 4. Anne WENTWORTH
    • 5. Elizabeth WENTWORTH
    • 6. John WENTWORTH
    • 7. Robert WENTWORTH
    • 8. Michael WENTWORTH
    • 9. Matthew WENTWORTH
    • 10. Phillip WENTWORTH
    • 11. Margaret WENTWORTH
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#William WENTWORTH6 _______________
  • THIS REFERENCE IS NOT CORRECT & LISTS UNKNOWN SON OF WILLIAM WHO IS THE FATHER OF RUISHE WENTWORTH, RUISHE'S FATHER WAS SIR GEORGE WENTWORTH WHO WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM & ANNE (ATKINS) WENTWORTH, THIS WILLIAM LISTED IS NOT THE GRANDFATHER OF RUISHE WENTWORTH.
  • unknown Wentworth1
  • M, #260335
  • Last Edited=11 Jan 2008
  • unknown Wentworth is the son of Sir William Wentworth.1
  • Child of unknown Wentworth
    • 1.Ruishe Wentworth+1
  • Citations
  • 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1277. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p26034.htm#i260335 _____________
  • A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and ... By John Burke
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=aB0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA565&lpg=PA565&dq...
  • Pg. 564
  • SIR WILLIAM WENTWORTH, of Wentworth Woodhouse, Gawthorpe, &c. This gentleman was High Sheriff of Yorkshire, in the last year of Queen Elizabeth, and was created a BARONET on the 29th of June, 1611. He m. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Atkins, Knt., of Stowell, in the county of Gloucester, by whom he had three surviving sons, and three daughters, viz.
    • Pg. 565
    • 3. George (Sir), of Wooley, M.P. for Pontefract, in 1640, but disabled from sitting on account of is loyalty to King CHARLES I., received the honour of knighthood, made general of the forces in Ireland, and sworn of the privy council of that kingdom. Sir George m. ___, daughter of Sir Francis Ruishe, Knt., of Sarre, in the Isle of Thanet, and left a son,
      • RUISHE WENTWORTH, of Sarre, who m. Susanna, sister of James Adye, Esq., of Barham, in Kent, and dying in 1686, left an only child and heir, ________________________
  • Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society By Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=bSd7AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA370&lpg=PA370&dq...
  • Pg. 370
  • Wentworth, Sir George, knt.
  • M.P. Bandon, 1634-39.
  • Third surviving son of Sir William Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Atkins, and brother of the celebrated Lord Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, by whom (when lord deputy) he was knighted at Dublin Castle, 25th July, 1633.
  • M.P. also for Kildare borough, 1639, and "dismissed" 1640, but "ordered to be continued in his former place"; for Pontefract 1640, but disabled by reason of his loyalty to Charles I.; was a general of the forces in Ireland, and a privy councillor.
  • He married ___, daughter of Sir Francis Ruishe, knt., of Sarre in the Isle of Thanet, and had a son Ruishe Wentworth, whose only child and heir, Mary Wentworth, married Lord Howard, of Effingham. _______________
  • Lancashire and Chesire historical & genealogical notes, ed. by J. Rose ... By Lancashire historical notes
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=6d0HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq...
  • Pg. 151
  • Ruishe Wentworth, of Sarre, co. Kent, Esq. Only son of Sir George Wentworth, M.P. for Pontefract in the Long Parliament, and nephew of the first Earl of Strafford. He was a cousin by marriage of the Earl of Derby, through whose influence he was returned for the borough. Sat for Liverpool in this and the two following Parliaments. Died 8 June, 1686, aged 34, leaving an only daughter Mary married to Thomas, Lord Howard of Effingham. ________________
  • Collins Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical (1812) Vol. 4
  • http://www.archive.org/details/peerageofengland04colluoft
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/peerageofengland04colluoft#page/280/m...
  • Thomas, his eldest surviving son, succeeding him in honour and estate, as sixth Lord Howard of Effingham, was, in the reign of Queen Anne, one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to George Prince of Denmark. He married, first, Mary, daughter and heir of Ruishe Wentworth, Esq. son and heir of Sir George Wentworth, a younger brother to Thomas Earl of Strafford, by whom he had issue two daughters; Anne, who, on ...... ___________________________
  • William Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse (d 04.07.1549) m. Catherine Beeston (dau of Ralph Beeston of Beeston)
    • 1. Thomas Wentworth of Wentworth Wodehouse, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 14.02.1586-7) m. Margaret Gascoigne (dau of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe)
      • A. Sir William Wentworth, 1st Bart of Wentworth Wodehouse, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 1614) m. Anne Atkinson (dau of Robert Atkinson of Stowell)
        • iii. Sir George Wentworth (a 1640, General) m. Frances Ruishe (dau of Sir Francis Ruishe of Sarre)
          • a. Ruishe Wentworth of Sarre (d 1686) m. Susanna Adye (sister of James Adye of Barham)
  • Main Sources: BE1883 (Wentworth of Wentworth, Raby, Strafford) with some support and input from BLG1886 (Wentworth of Wentworth Castle)
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ww/wentworth02.php _______________________
  • Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2
  • http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n257/mode...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n258/mode...
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  • 8. SIR GEORGE WENTWORTH, bap. at Wentworth 20 July 1609, M.P. for Pontefract in 1640, but disabled from taking his seat on account of his loyalty to King (Charles I. - hardly legible), General of the King's forces in Ireland, knighted & made a Privy Councilor for Ireland. Died ante 1667. mar. FRANCES, dau. and co-h. of Sir Francis Ruishe of Sarre in the Isle of Thanet, ob. ante 6 Sept. 1671. ___________
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1609
July 20, 1609
Wentworth, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1609
1652
1652
1667
1667
Age 58