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| | Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire, follies and folly towers at follytowers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Wentworth Castle, the westerly estate of the two, came about solely as a result of who became, or more importantly who did not become, the main benefactor of the other estate, Wentworth Woodhouse. |
 | | Thomas Wentworth, who was the next of kin, naturally expected to be the sole benefactor, however it was left to Thomas's cousin, the deceased Earl's nephew, Thomas Watson instead. |
 | | Even if Lord Raby had inherited his expected estate at Wentworth Woodhouse, he would not have become the 3rd Earl of Strafford however, as he was not the deceased Earl's son, but having now acquired an estate he was determined to gain a better title than just a plain old Lord. |
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