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Wyndham, Henry, 1643-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-18739
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  • 1643-?

WYNDHAM, HENRY, brother of William Wyndham (adm. 1655, qv); bapt. Craike, Yorks. (or St. Martin in the Fields, London ?) (IGI) 7 Aug 1643; presumably Wyndham, Christian name not stated, in school list 1656, first quarter.

Wyndham, George, ca. 1763-1810

  • GB-2014-WSA-18738
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  • ca. 1763-1810

WYNDHAM, GEORGE, only son of John Wyndham, Uffords, Cromer, Norfolk, and Elizabeth, younger sister of William Dalton (qv); b.; adm. 10 Nov 1774; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1780, aged 17; of Uffords; m. 10 Oct 1799 (IGI) Marianne, dau. of Col. Philip Bacon, Ipswich, Suffolk; d. 1 Jan 1810.

Wyndham, George O’Brien, 1751-1837

  • GB-2014-WSA-18737
  • Person
  • 1751-1837

WYNDHAM, GEORGE O’BRIEN, 3RD EARL OF EGREMONT, eldest son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (qv); b. 18 Dec 1751; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Egremont 21 Aug 1763; in school lists 1764, 1767; left Whitsun 1767; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1767; acted at first with the Whigs, but took little part in politics and his opinions gradually became more conservative; member, Board of Agriculture 31 Aug 1793; FRS 7 Dec 1797; Lord Lieut., Sussex 18 Nov 1819 – 19 Jun 1835; a patron of art, and one of the first to appreciate Turner, who was a favoured and constant visitor to Lord Egremont’s country house at Petworth, Sussex; a successful stockbreeder; also kept a fine racing stud; horses of his won the Derby 1782, 1804, 1805, 1807 and 1826, and the Oaks 1788, 1789, 1795, 1800, 1820; m. 16 Jul 1801 Elizabeth Iliffe; d. 11 Nov 1837. DNB.

Wyndham, Francis, 1642-1687

  • GB-2014-WSA-18736
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  • 1642-1687

WYNDHAM, FRANCIS, brother of William Wyndham (adm. 1655, qv); bapt. Craike, Yorks. 12 Apr 1642 (IGI); adm. 21 Oct 1656 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; gave evidence before the Governors in the Busby and Bagshaw dispute 1657; m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Mitten, Notts.; m. 2nd, 3 Jul 1682 (IGI) Ellen, dau. of George Pass, Chesterfield, Derbs.; buried St. Giles in the Fields, London 1687.

Wyndham, Charles, 1710-1763

  • GB-2014-WSA-18735
  • Person
  • 1710-1763

WYNDHAM, CHARLES, 2ND EARL OF EGREMONT, son of Right Hon. Sir William Wyndham, Bart., MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his first wife Lady Katherine Seymour, dau. of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset KG; b. 19 Aug 1710; adm. Jan 1718/9; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 May 1725; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1727-30; MP Bridgwater 7 Apr 1735-41, Appleby 1 Jan 1742-7, Taunton 1747 – 7 Feb 1749/50; entered politics as a Tory, but became a Whig in the 1740s; succ. father as 4th baronet 17 Jun 1740, and his maternal uncle, Algernon, 7th Duke of Somerset, as 2nd Earl of Egremont 7 Feb 1749/50; inherited the Duke of Somerset’s estates in Sussex and Cumberland; Lord Lieut., Cumberland 23 Apr 1751 – 13 Dec 1759, Sussex from 15 Jan 1763; named one of the Plenipotentiaries for the intended Congress at Augsburg; Privy Councillor 8 Jul 1761; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., from 9 Oct 1761; conducted the negotiations with Spain 1761-2 and with France 1762; remained in office under the Bute and Grenville governments; member, Society of Dilettanti 1742; Busby Trustee 4 Apr 1754; m. 12 Mar 1750/1 Hon. Alice Maria Carpenter, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, dau. of George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter (I); d. 21 Aug 1763. DNB.

Wyndham, Charles William, 1760-1828

  • GB-2014-WSA-18734
  • Person
  • 1760-1828

WYNDHAM, HON. CHARLES WILLIAM, third son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (qv); b. 8 Oct 1760; adm. 12 May 1767; left Midsummer 1775; Secretary and Clerk of Enrolments, Jamaica May 1763-1816; MP Midhurst 1790 – Jan 1795, New Shoreham 30 May 1795-1802, Sussex 29 Jan 1807-12; m. 4 Feb 1801 Lady Anna Barbara Frances Child-Villiers, widow of William Henry Lambton MP, Lambton, Co. Durham, and dau. of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; d. 8 Jul 1828.

Wyndham, ---, fl. ca. 1716

  • GB-2014-WSA-18733
  • Person
  • fl. ca. 1716

WYNDHAM, ---; b.; in under school lists 1716-21.

Wyn, Edmund, ca. 1711-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-18732
  • Person
  • ca. 1711-?

WYN, EDMUND; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1723/4; in under school list 1727.

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