Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland

Major-General The Right Honourable The Earl of Cleveland KB
Wentworth as a child (left), with his mother Anne and siblings Henry (centre) and Jane (right)
Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners
In office June 1660 – March 1667
Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
In office 1625 to 1642 – 1660 to 1667
Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire
In office 1618 to 1642 – 1660 to 1667
Personal details
Born	1591 Nettlestead, Suffolk
Died	25 March 1667 (aged 75–76) Toddington, Bedfordshire
Resting place	Church of St George, Toddington, Bedfordshire
Spouses	Anne Croft ​ ​ (m. 1611; died 1638)​ Lucy Wentworth ​ ​ (m. 1638; died 1651)​
Relations	Henrietta Wentworth, 6th Baroness Wentworth (granddaughter) John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace (grandson)
Children	Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth Anne Lovelace, 7th Baroness Wentworth Lady Catherine Spencer
Parent(s)	Henry Wentworth, 3rd Baron Wentworth Anne Hopton
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford
Military service
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Anglo-French War (1627–1629) Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré Wars of the Three Kingdoms Edgehill First Newbury  (WIA) Cropredy Bridge 2nd Newbury  (POW) Worcester  (POW)

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (1591 – 25 March 1667), was an English landowner and Royalist general during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, described by one historian as a "much under-rated field commander".^[1] A distant relative of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, executed by Parliament in May 1641, his son Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth, also served in the Royalist army and predeceased him in March 1665.