Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam

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Irish peer art collector nobleman philanthropist

Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, was an 18th–19th century Irish peer, art collector, and philanthropist whose bequest of his extensive art and manuscript collection led to the creation of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

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7th Viscount Fitzwilliam	1
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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish peer ⓘ art collector ⓘ nobleman ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ
almaMater	University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Fitzwilliam Museum ⓘ University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
bequestBeneficiary	Fitzwilliam Museum ⓘ University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
bequestIncludes	art collection ⓘ manuscript collection ⓘ money for building a museum ⓘ
birthDate	1745-08-01 ⓘ
burialPlace	Richmond, Surrey, England ⓘ
collectionContains	books ⓘ drawings ⓘ illuminated manuscripts ⓘ music manuscripts ⓘ paintings ⓘ prints ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
deathDate	1816-02-04 ⓘ
educatedAt	Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Fitzwilliam ⓘ
fieldOfActivity	art collecting ⓘ music collecting ⓘ philanthropy ⓘ
givenName	Richard ⓘ
hasNoChildren	true ⓘ
heritage	Anglo-Irish ⓘ
knownFor	founding benefactor of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legacy	major contribution to public art collections in Britain ⓘ
memberOf	Peerage of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Irish peerage
nobleRank	Viscount ⓘ
nobleTitle	Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam
notableWork	bequest founding the Fitzwilliam Museum ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Richmond, Surrey, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Richmond, Surrey, England ⓘ
predecessor	Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam ⓘ
religion	Church of England ⓘ
residence	Dublin ⓘ surface form: Dublin, Ireland Richmond, Surrey, England ⓘ surface form: Richmond, Surrey
successor	Thomas FitzWilliam, 8th Viscount FitzWilliam ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
titleHeld	Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion

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