Background
Wentworth was the son of Michael Wentworth of Woolley and his wife Frances Downes, daughter of George Downes of Paunton, Herefordshire.
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Career
He fought for the Royalist army in the English Civil War. He was knighted at Whitehall on 25 April 1630. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Pontefract for the Long Parliament in November 1640.
On the outbreak of the English Civil War, he joined the Royalist cause and was disabled from sitting in parliament in September 1642.
He raised a regiment for the King, at his own expense. Wentworth died at the age of 60 and was buried at the church of Street Peter, Woolley, where there is a memorial in the Wentworth Chapel.
Wentworth married twice.
Membership
Short Parliament]
In April 1640, Wentworth was elected Member of Parliament for Pontefract in the Short Parliament.
