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William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1722–1791)

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the colour of the stone the most harmonious; the virtuouso should be directed to the new front of Wentworth-castle: the result of the same elegant judgement that had before distributed so many beauties over that domain, and called from wood, water, hills, prospects and buildings, a compendium of picturesque nature, improved by the chastity of art.
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If a model is sought of the most perfect taste in architecture, where grace softens dignity, and lightness attempers magnificence; where proportion removes every part from peculiar observation, and delicacy of observation recalls every part to notice; where the position is the most happy, and even
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Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.1060, residence of Julian Byng (born Lafone), son and heir of Lady Elizabeth Byng, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the 6th Earl of
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was created for the third time in 1711, for Strafford's father, and thus came to him on his father's death in 1739. He was also 2nd Duke of Strafford in the
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and his first wife Anne Smithson. Although his mother brought his father a fortune, it was generally agreed to be a very happy marriage.
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in Yorkshire, a project begun in 1759 and completed in 1764. As its principal designer, this gained him an entry in Colvin's
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In 1741, Strafford married Lady Anne Campbell (born about 1715, died 1785), the second of the five daughters of
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described this south front on 2 August 1770, as showing "the most perfect taste in architecture":
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When Strafford was widowed in 1785, society gossip quickly linked his name with that of
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is erroneously described as 'William Wentworth, 4th Earl of Strafford (1722–1791)'.
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Strafford died without issue in 1791. He was succeeded by his first cousin's son,
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Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists
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built 1748-51 by the 2nd Earl to the design of Matthew Brettingham The Elder
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For the earlier Earl of Strafford of the same name (1626–1695), see
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The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Grants of Honour
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840
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William Wentworth, 4th Earl of Strafford (1722–1791)
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online at rotherhamweb.co.uk (accessed 5 March 2008)
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of the earlier creation. His father was a cousin of
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739)
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William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (1722-1791)
William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford

peer
House of Lords
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672-1739)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford
Baron Raby
Wentworth Woodhouse
Henry Johnson
Earl of Strafford
Jacobite Peerage
post fines
deputy lieutenant
West Riding of Yorkshire

Wentworth Castle
Barnsley

5, St James's Square
townhouse
neo-Palladian
Wentworth Castle
country house
Horace Walpole
townhouse
5, St James's Square
murder of Yvonne Fletcher

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