Reference > Columbia Encyclopedia
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.  2001-07.
 
Fitzwilliam, William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2d Earl
 
 
1748–1833, British administrator. Sent to Ireland as lord lieutenant in 1795, he expressed sympathy for the cause of Catholic Emancipation and was almost immediately recalled by William Pitt’s ministry for allegedly exceeding his instructions.
 
 
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press.

CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  PREVIOUS NEXT  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com