Wentworth

Wentworth may refer to:

People

* Baron Wentworth (1529—), the Wentworth peerage, several men and women.
* D'Arcy Wentworth (1762–1827), surgeon in the early days of Sydney, Australia and father of William Charles Wentworth I.

* John Wentworth, several people:
** John Wentworth (Lieutenant-Governor) (1671–1730), colonial Lt.-Governor of New Hampshire
** John Wentworth (judge) (1719–1781) Jurist and revolutionary leader in New Hampshire
** John Wentworth (governor) (1737–1820), colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia
** John Wentworth (lawyer) (1768–1820), Attorney General of Prince Edward Island and New Hampshire lawyer
** John Wentworth (mayor) (1815–1888) Chicago mayor and U.S Congressman
** John Wentworth Jr. (1745–1787), Continental Congress delegate from New Hampshire

* Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), "Lady Wentworth," notable Arabian horse breeder.
* Patricia Wentworth (1878–1961), mystery writer
* Stephen G. Wentworth (1811–1897), founder of Wentworth Military Academy

* Thomas Wentworth, several people:
** Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth (1501–1551), Lord Chamberlain of England
** Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth (1525–1584), his son, blamed for England's loss of Calais to France in 1558
** Thomas Wentworth (Recorder of Oxford) (c. 1568–1628), English Member of Parliament and lawyer
** Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (1591–1667), Royalist military leader during the English Civil War
** Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593–1641), English statesman, a major figure in the events leading up to the English Civil War
** Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth (1613–1665), his son, Member of Parliament and also a Royalist military leader
** Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739), KG, diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty
** Thomas Wentworth, British Major-General in charge of land forces during the 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias

* Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823–1911), Colonel commanding the first black regiment in the U.S. Civil War
* William Charles Wentworth I (1790–1872), Australian explorer, journalist and politician
* William Charles Wentworth III (1907–2003), an Australian politician, and noted anti-Communist
* Captain Wentworth, character in Jane Austen's novel "Persuasion"
* Dixie Wentworth, a recurring character appearing in early episodes of the U.S. sketch comedy television show, MADtv
* Wentworth Miller (1972—), actor

Locations

;Australia
* Division of Wentworth, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales
* Wentworth, New South Wales, a town

;Canada
* Wentworth, Nova Scotia, located in the Wentworth Valley and comprising the communities of Wentworth Centre, Wentworth Station and Wentworth Valley

;England
* Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
* Wentworth, Surrey
** The Wentworth Club, a golf club in Surrey
* Wentworth, South Yorkshire
** Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency), electoral district in South Yorkshire

;United States
* Wentworth, Missouri
* Wentworth, New Hampshire
* Wentworth, North Carolina
* Wentworth, South Dakota

Fiction

* Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional prison in Melbourne, Australia from the television show "Prisoner".

Institutions

* J.G. Wentworth, a financial services firm specializing in purchasing structured payments.
* Wentworth Institute of Technology, a college in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
* Wentworth Military Academy, a boarding school and college in Lexington, Missouri, USA
* Wentworth by the Sea, a historic hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire, USA
* Ski Wentworth, a ski hill in Wentworth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* The T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum in Pensacola, Florida, USA
* Wentworth College, Bournemouth, a day and boarding school in Dorset, UK
* Wentworth College, a college of the University of York, UK