William
Charles
Wentworth
III
Born in Poole, Dorset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Fitzwilliam Wentworth
and Mary Jane (Hill) Wentworth
Brother of
Edith Wentworth, Dorothy Wentworth, D'Arcy Wentworth III, Fitzwilliam Wentworth II and George Godfrey Wentworth
Husband of
Florence Denise (Griffiths) Wentworth
— married
1906 in Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
William Charles Wentworth AO, George Neville Wentworth, Mary Denise (Wentworth) Walker, Diana Wentworth (Wentworth) MacCallum and Edith Joan (Wentworth) Weekes
Died
at about age 78
in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
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Biography
William Charles Wentworth was born in 1871 at Merly House, Poole, Dorset, England. He was the eldest son of Fitzwilliam Wentworth and Mary Hill, and grandson of William Charles Wentworth, the pioneer explorer, businessman, newspaper proprietor and statesman.[1] The family were then visiting the Wentworths in England.
William graduated from the University of Sydney and took office as a barrister.
He married Florence Denise Griffiths in 1906 at Woollahra, New South Wales.[2]
He passed away, aged 77 years, on 1st August 1949 at Paddington, New South Wales.[3][4]
Obituary: "Mr. William Charles Wentworth, of Point Piper, a grandson of the Australian explorer and statesman, W. C. Wentworth, died in Sydney yester- day aged 77. Mr. Wentworth is survived by Mrs. W. C. Wentworth, two sons, Messrs. W. C. Wentworth, junior, of Manly, and G. N. Wentworth, of Leadville, and three daughters, Mrs. M. Walker, of Bellevue Hill, Mrs. M. McCallum, and Mrs. A. Weekes, of Edgecliff."[5]
Sources
- ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Dec qtr 1871, vol 5a, page 265
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #11515/1906
- ↑ New South Wales Death Index #15782/1949
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 17 April 2021), memorial page for William Charles Wentworth (8 Oct 1871–1 Aug 1949), Find A Grave: Memorial #216176108, citing Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Lucas (contributor 50499237) .
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 2 August 1949
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