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William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG (c. 1490 – 15 October 1542) was an English courtier and soldier. He was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.
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William Fitzwilliam, earl of Southampton was an English admiral during the reign of Henry VIII. A son of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Aldwarke, near Rotherham, Fitzwilliam was a companion in boyhood of Henry VIII and was knighted for his services at the siege of Tournai in 1513.
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Oct 15, 2023 · On this day in Tudor history, 15th October 1542, in the reign of King Henry VIII, courtier, diplomat and naval commander William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG was an English courtier and soldier. He was the third son of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam of Aldwark and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.
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b. by 1506, 2nd s. of Thomas Fitzwilliam of Baggotrath, co. Dublin by Eleanor, da. of John Dowdall and coh. to her mother, Margaret, da. and h. to Sir Jenico D’Artois. educ. ?G. Inn, adm. 1531. m. by 1539, Jane, da. and coh. of John Roberts of Cranbrook, Kent, 4da. Kntd. Sept. 1551/May 1552.2
Jt. (with Sir Anthony Browne) bailiff, Byfleet, Surr. 1527-38; clerk of the hanaper [I] 1532; servant of Sir William Fitzwilliam I, later Earl of Southampton, by 1536; chief gent. privy chamber, household of Prince Edward by 1544-7; gent. privy chamber 1547-53 or later; lt. Windsor castle, keeper of Windsor Great Park by 1552; member of council [I]...
William Fitzwilliam’s forbears had long resided and held office in Ireland. His father was sheriff of Dublin in 1511, his elder brother Richard a servant of the Earl of Kildare and a gentleman of the bedchamber to Henry VIII, and his younger brother Nicholas was to be treasurer of St. Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin. Thus he had links with the establis...
WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM, Earl of Southampton (d. 1542), lord high admiral of England, was the younger son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Aldwarke, West Riding of Yorkshire, by Lucy, daughter and coheiress of John Neville, marquis of Montacute.
Nov 24, 2022 · Sir William "1st Earl of Southampton" Fitzwilliam KG. Born about 1490 in Aldwark, Yorkshire, England. Ancestors. Son of Thomas Fitzwilliam and Lucy (Neville) Browne.