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Henry Wentworth (1558–1593) was an English nobleman of his family's Nesttlestead line who served as the 3rd Baron Wentworth, succeeding his father, Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth.

Life

Wentworth was born in the summer of 1558 while his father – under whose command the loss of Calais happened – was held as a prisoner of war in France and inherited the title Baron at age 26, shortly after his father's passing. He participated in the trials of the "unhappy" Mary, Queen of Scots, being one of the few peers to witness the final judgement of Fotheringhay in 1586. In 1587, accompanied by the Earl of Leicester, he visited the Netherlands. Later in his life, are documented his visits to a Gray's Inn and the rectories of Hackney and Stepney on 2 August 1588, 8 May 1593 and 1584, respectively. Following the Spanish Armada in 1588, he was at court again.

Notably, right after his accession of the title Baron, he ordered half a tun of rum in Ipswich.

Wentworth passed away due to "the plague" - as was noted as death cause - on 16 August 1593 while visiting the grounds of Sir James Harrington near Rutlandshire at age thirty-five.

Family

Henry was the son of Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth and Anne Wentworth, daughter of Henry Wentworth, an Esquire, of Mountnessing. Henry married Anne Hopton daughter of Owen Hopton and widow of William Pope, 1st Earl of Downe. Henry's oldest son was Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland whose son succeeded him as Baron Wentworth.

Henry Wentworth had two daughters (one of which was called Jane) and two sons (Henry (d. 1644) and his oldest son Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland succeeded him as Baron Wentworth) all very young at the time of his passing. His place of burial in unknown.

References

1. ^ Rutton, William Loftie (1891). Three Branches of the Family of Wentworth. Mitchell and Hughes. pp. 57ff. ISBN 978-0-608-34075-3.
2. "Wentworth, Baron (E, 1529)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
3.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wentworth". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
4. ^ Rutton, William Loftie. "WENTWORTH, OF NETTLESTEAD, Co. SUFFOLK.-PART IV". East Anglian: Or, Notes and Queries on Subjects Connected with the Counties of Suffolk, Cambridge, Essex and Norfolk. 2. Norwich: 223–226 – via proquest.
5. ^ "WENTWORTH". www.tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

• 1558 births
• 1593 deaths
• Barons Wentworth