Wentworth
Americannoun
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Thomas, 1st Earl of Strafford. Strafford, 1st Earl of.
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William Charles, 1793–1872, Australian political leader, author, and journalist.
noun
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Thomas. See (Earl of) Strafford
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William Charles. 1790–1872, Australian explorer and statesman who was a member of the exploring party that first crossed the Blue Mountains in 1813 and was later a leader in the movement for self-government in New South Wales
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He first came into Parliament in Tony Blair's landslide general election in 1997 as MP for Wentworth, a former mining area north of Sheffield, which following boundary changes is now Rawmarsh and Conisbrough.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Others, including Fifth Monarchist Wentworth Day, followed suit in later prosecutions.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
Fleetwood says he is glad to be "back at work" as he prepares for this week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
After competing at next week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, McIlroy and his European team-mates will attempt to retain the Ryder Cup against the United States at Bethpage Black in New York.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025
On June 29, 1889, when Holmes’s building was half completed, Chicago annexed Englewood and soon afterward established a new police precinct, the Tenth, Second Division, at Sixty-third and Wentworth, seven blocks from Holmes’s pharmacy.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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