Sir William Wentworth, 4th Baronet

Sir William Wentworth, 4th Baronet (1686–1763), of Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1731 to 1741.

Wentworth was baptized at York Minster on 29 October 1686, the second but eldest surviving son of Sir Mathew Wentworth, 3rd Baronet of Bretton by his wife Elizabeth Osbaldeston, a daughter of William Osbaldeston of Hunmanby, Yorkshire.

In about 1720, with the assistance of James Moyser, he built the surviving Bretton Hall, which replaced an earlier house on the site.

Finally, he supported the Prince which upset his patron's brother Thomas Wentworth and left him to regret his action, claiming he was tricked.

[2] By his wife he had five sons and four daughters, including: Wentworth died on 1 March 1763 and was buried at Bretton.