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William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (8 June 1626 – 16 October 1695), KG, of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire, was a prominent landowner. Origins [ edit ] He was born at Wentworth Woodhouse , the only surviving son of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (d.1641) by his second wife Arabella Holles, a daughter of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare . [1]
22 de dez. de 2023 · William Charles Wentworth, a well-known character in Australia’s colonial past, was instrumental in determining the course of the country in the 1800s. Wentworth was born at Norfolk Island on August 13, 1790, and his life story illustrates how the Australian colonies changed over time.
19 de set. de 2022 · In 1813 Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth and William Lawson became the first European settlers to successfully navigate a path across the Blue Mountains. Their feat opened the inland to pastoralism and set in motion a pattern of land disputes that would result in the dispossession of First Nations peoples across the continent.
4. William Wentworth failed to gain entry into both the East India Company College and the Royal Military Academy and with his career prospects blunted, he returned to Sydney in 1810. 5. William Wentworth rode his father's horse Gig to victory at Hyde Park in the first official horse races on Australian soil. 6.
William Charles Wentworth (13 de agosto de 1790 - 20 de marzo de 1872) fue un poeta, periodista, político y explorador de Australia. Biografía [ editar ] Wentworth nació en un barco en ruta hacia la isla Norfolk , entonces una colonia penal , adonde sus padres D'Arcy Wentworth y Catherine Crowley viajaban desde Gran Bretaña .
William Charles Wentworth AO (8 September 1907 – 15 June 2003), usually known as Bill Wentworth and sometimes referred to as William Charles Wentworth IV, was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party for most of his career and held ministerial office in the governments of John Gorton and William McMahon, serving as ...
William Wentworth – “currency lad” is an excerpt from the documentary Rites of Passage the second episode of the two-part series entitled Rogue Nation, produced in 2009. Rogue Nation. Historian Michael Cathcart tells the epic story of how the colourful characters of early colonial Australia transformed a penal settlement into a land with ...
