Correspondence of Charles Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th (and 3rd) Earl Fitzwilliam (1786-1857)

The correspondence of the 5th Earl consisted of several boxes and cupboard shelves of small bundles and loose letters. The contents of the bundles varied from a couple of circulars tied together or half-a-dozen letters of the same date tied up as received, to a considerable number from a particular correspondent or about a particular subject. Many were loose.

As far as possible the arrangement has been retained, but it has been found necessary to make a chronological arrangement of the loose letters and most miscellaneous bundles. See WWM/G/83. These letters are indexed under name of correspondent

<span class="wrapper"><p>Earl Fitzwilliam's correspondence about the publication of the Bourke and Fitzwilliam edition of Edmund Burke's Correspondence, is listed with the Burke Collection</p> <p>With regard to estate Business, there is a good deal of overlapping between the correspondence of the 2nd (4th) and 3rd (5th) Earls, as Lord Milton had practically taken over the management some years before his father's death</p> <p>Correspondence of 4th and 5th Earls at Northamptonshire Record Office</p> <p>This is extensive and on many topics ties up with the letters here. Some of the letters have been given a chronological arrangement and many are unsorted. Family, political and minor local affairs are indiscriminately mixed and there are a number relating to purely Yorkshire topics, including the 1807 County Election and the militia</p></span>

Microfilms are available and should be used in the first instance

The 4th Earl Fitzwilliam died on 8 February 1833 and was succeeded by his only son, Viscount Milton, as 5th Earl Fitzwilliam

In this catalogue, '[Lord] Milton' thus refers to the future 5th Earl, and before February 1833 'Fritzwilliam' refers to his father, the 4th Earl

Microfilms are available and should be used in the first instance, as follows:

WWM/G/1-WWM/G/10 WWM MF 60

WWM/G/11-WWM/G/26 WWM MF 61

WWM/G/27-WWM/G/35/170 WWM MF 62

WWM/G/35/171-WWM/G/40/165 WWM MF 63

WWM/G/40/166-WWM/G/49/151 WWM MF 64

WWM/G/50-WWM/G/55 WWM MF 65

WWM/G/56-WWM/G/65 WWM MF 66

WWM/G/66-WWM/G/77/60 WWM MF 67

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WWM/G/83/200-WWM/G/83/589 WWM MF 69

WWM/G/83/590-WWM/G/87/2 WWM MF 70

WWM/G/87/3-WWM/G/88 WWM MF 71

WWM/G/89-WWM/G/93 WWM MF 72

WWM/G/94-WWM/G/95/27 WWM MF 73

WWM/G/95/28-WWM/G/99 WWM MF 74

WWM/G/100-WWM/G/102 WWM MF 75