Watch List notes:

Commemorative Medals and Tickets, William Wentworth, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam (1748-1833), Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, silver medal, 1819, by W. Wilson [struck c. 1824], bust left wearing fur-collared jacket, rev. biographical legend in 14 lines, HEIR TO THE VIRTUES ..., 55mm. (BHM.988; Eimer 1113), in circular maroon leather case of issue, nearly extremely fine
On the death of his uncle, Lord Rockingham, in 1782, he became one of the wealthiest landowners in the country. From December 1794 till March 1795 he served briefly as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.