William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount MiltonMP (27 July 1839 – 17 January 1877) was a British nobleman, explorer,[1] and Liberal Party politician.
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Arriving in Quebec City in July 1862, Milton and Dr Walter Butler Cheadle traveled across the North American continent, wintering near Fort Carlton. After a challenging and at times humorous summer they reached Victoria, BC. Together with Butler Cheadle, he traveled up the Athabasca River and in 1863 they became the first "tourists" to travel through the Yellowhead Pass.
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The Assiniboine Rescues Bucephalus, a Mintons plate with a scene from The North-West Passage by Land
They later co-authored "The North-West Passage by Land"[3] and " Voyage de l'Atlantique au Pacifique, à travers le Canada",[4] which described their expedition in considerable detail.
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Marriage and issue
On 10 August 1867, in London, Lord Milton married Laura Maria Theresa Beauclerk (3 January 1849 – 30 March 1886 Wentworth Woodhouse), daughter of Lord Charles Beauclerk, son of the William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans. They had one son and three daughters;
Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Wentworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It is currently owned by the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust. Considered to be the largest private residence in the United Kingdom, it has an east front of 606 feet (185 m); the longest country house façade in Europe. The house has more than 300 rooms, although the precise number is unclear, with 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) of floorspace. It covers an area of more than 2.5 acres (1.0 ha), and is surrounded by a 180-acre (73 ha) park, and an estate of 15,000 acres (6,100 ha).
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans was the son of Aubrey Beauclerk, 5th Duke of St Albans by his wife Catherine.
Lady Laura Mary Wentworth-Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1 February 1869 – 2 March 1936) married on 30 April 1889 to Major George Sholto Douglas. They had 5 children:
Margaret Laura Douglas (d. 2 October 1933)
Katharine Charlotte Douglas
Brigadier Archibald Sholto George Douglas (17 March 1896 – 1981)
David Sholto William Douglas (b. 26 August 1899)
Lt.-Col. John Sholto Henry Douglas (16 June 1903 – 15 October 1960)
Lady Theresa Evelyn Vilunza Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (5 September 1875 – 1963) married on 9 December 1908 to Lt.-Col. Alan Francis Fletcher. They had 2 children:
Violet Myrtle Fletcher (b. 1909)
Crystal Fletcher (b. 20 January 1920)
Viscount Milton died on 18 January 1877, aged 37, predeceasing his father. Their son succeeded as Earl FitzWilliam in 1902 and on 17 June 1904, the daughters of Lord Milton were granted, by Royal Warrant of Precedence, the rank and precedence of daughters of an earl.[5]
↑ The North-West Passage by Land, William Fitzwilliam Milton, Viscount; Walter B Cheadle, OCLC 4999700 London, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1865
↑ Voyage de l'Atlantique au Pacifique, à travers le Canada, les montagnes Rocheuses et la Colombie anglaise, William Fitzwilliam Milton, Viscount; Walter B Cheadle, ISBN0-665-13641-2 Paris: Hachette, 1879
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