WENTWORTH, Thomas (1672-1739) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 17 Sept. 1672, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Wentworth^‡ (d. June 1692) of Northgate Head, Wakefield, Yorks. and Isabella (d.1733), da. of Sir Allen Apsley^‡; educ. unknown; m. 6 Sept. 1711 (with £60,000), Anne (d. 19 Sept. 1754), da. of Sir Henry Johnson^‡ of Bradenham, Bucks and Toddington, Beds.; 1s. 3da.; KG 25 Oct. 1712; d. 15 Nov. 1739; will 22 June 1732 – 6 Oct. 1739, pr. 21 Dec. 1739. TNA, PROB 11/699.

Offices Held

Page of Honour to queen consort 1687; groom of bedchamber 1695 – 1702; PC 23 June 1711 – Sept. 1714; first ld. Admiralty 1712 – 14; ld. justice 1 Aug. – 18 Sept. 1714.

Cornet, Lord Colchester's Regt. of Horse 1688; maj. 1st Tp. of Life Gds. 1693; col. Royal Regt. of Drag. 1697 – 1715; brig.-gen. 1703; major-gen. 1704; lt.-gen. 1707.

Envoy, Brandenburg-Prussia May-June 1701; envoy extraordinary, Brandenburg-Prussia 1703 – 05; amb. extraordinary, Brandenburg-Prussia 1705 – 11; amb. extraordinary and plenip., States-General 1711 – 14; amb. plenip., Congress of Utrecht 1711 – 14.

Trinity House, elder bro. 1712, master 1713 – 15.

Parlimentarian

WENTWORTH, Thomas (1672-1739)

Associated with: Wentworth Castle, Stainborough, Yorks.; Twickenham, Mdx.; no. 5 St James's Square, Westminster (from 1711);Dasent, Hist. of St James's Square, App. A.; Toddington (from 1719).

Likenesses

oil on canvas by P. C. Leygebe, 1711, Government Art Collection; oil on canvas by C. D’Agar, c.1712, Palace of Westminster, London; oil on canvas by G. Kneller, oils, 1714, Huntington Library, California.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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