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  1. 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.

  2. 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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  3. Earl of Southampton was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of England. Its first creation came in 1537 in favour of the courtier William FitzWilliam . He was childless and the title became extinct on his death in 1542.

  4. 19 de abr. de 2002 · Fitzwilliam held various official posts: ambassador to France, Lord Privy Seal and Lord High Admiral. He was created Earl of Southampton in 1537, and married Mabel Clifford, sister of the 1st Earl of Cumberland.

    • circa 1480
    • Yorkshire, England
    • Aldwark, Ecclesfield West Riding, England
    • Family and Education
    • Offices Held
    • Biography
    • Notes

    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...

  5. He had taken his own first steps in diplomacy in 1518, accompanying the embassy to France headed by Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, and Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely. In Jan 1521 he replaced Sir Richard Jerningham as resident Ambassador there.

  6. 15 de oct. de 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.