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WYRLY, ---; b.; at school 1660 (Busby’s Account Book).

WYRLY, ---; b.; at school 1659; a boarder (Busby’s Account Book) (asWorly).

WYRLEY (or WYRLEY-BIRCH), JOHN, brother of Humphrey Wyrley (qv); b. 31 Oct 1707; adm. Oct 1715; left 1718; assumed surname of Wyrley; m. 1st, 14 Feb 1736/7 Knightley, dau. of Robert Wroth, Loughton Hall, Essex; m. 2nd, Jane, third dau. of John Lane, Bentley, Staffs.; d. 1775 (will proved PCC 29 Dec 1775, as John Wyrley, Handsworth, Staffs. ).

WYRLEY (or WYRLEY-BIRCH), HUMPHREY, son of Rev. Peter Birch DD, Prebendary of Westminster, and his third wife Sibyll, youngest dau. of Humphrey Wyrley, Hampstead Hall, Handsworth, Staffs.; b. 5 Dec 1706; assumed surname of Wyrley; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1715 (as Humphry Worly); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Mar 1722/3; adm. Inner Temple 16 Apr 1725, called to bar 6 Jul 1728; d. unm. 2 Nov 1747. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.

WYNYARD, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Wynyard (adm. 1741, qv), and his second wife; b. 20 Jun 1759; adm. 11 Mar 1771; left 1771; Ensign, 64th Foot 23 Nov 1775; Lieut., 12 Jun 1777; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 74th Foot 3 Mar 1782; half-pay 1783; Capt., 41st Foot 25 Dec 1787; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 15 Oct 1790; Brevet Maj., 1 Mar 1794; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 1 Apr 1795; Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 23 Jun 1795; Brevet Col., 29 Apr 1802; Col., Royal West India Rangers 25 Oct 1806 – Nov 1812 [check]; Major-Gen., 25 Oct 1809; Col., 5th Foot, from 7 Nov 1812; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; Deputy Adjutant-Gen., 9 Jan 1799 – Jun 1814; ADC to George III 29 Apr 1802; Equerry to George III 31 Jan 1810 – Feb 1812; served in America and the West Indies 1776-83, Flanders 1793-5; severely wounded at battle of Brandywine; m. Jane, dau. of John Gladwin, Hubbin, Notts., attorney, Steward to Duke of Portland; d. 10 Jul 1819.

WYNYARD, WILLIAM, son of Lieut. -Gen. John Wynyard, and Mary Maxwell; b. 1732; adm. Sep 1741; left 1748; Ensign, 17th Foot 11 Oct 1748; Lieut., 1 Jun 1750; Capt. -Lieut., 20 Aug 1751; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 30 Mar 1754; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 26 Sep 1761; Maj. and Col., 22 Feb 1775; Lieut. -Col., 7 Aug 1777; Major-Gen., 19 Feb 1779; Col., 20th Foot, from 25 Mar 1782; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Sep 1787; served in North America; Gentleman Usher of Privy Chamber to Queen Charlotte from 5 Apr 1771; m. 1st, Nov 1752 Sophia, sister of Charles Otway (qv); m. 2nd, 8 Feb 1758 Catherine, dau. of Sir John St. Leger (qv); m. 3rd, Sarah, dau. of Ambrose Lilly, White Notley, Essex; d. 23 Jan 1789.

WYNYARD, WILLIAM CLINTON, son of William Wynyard (adm. 1771, qv); b. 21 May 1789; adm. 6 Oct 1801; Page of Honour to George III 8 Mar 1800 – Feb 1804; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 3 Dec 1803; Lieut. and Capt., 23 Jul 1807; m. E., dau. of Col. --- Sotheby; d. 27 Apr 1814.

WYNYARD, HENRY JOHN, son of William Wynyard (adm. 1741, qv), and his second wife; b. 8 Jun 1761; adm. 16 Sep 1775; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 6 Jun 1778; Lieut. and Capt., 4 Jun 1781; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Apr 1793; Col., 3 May 1796; Major-Gen., 29 Apr 1802; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col., 64th Foot 15 Sep 1808 – Apr 1816, 46th Foot from 1 Apr 1816; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte Apr 1771 - 1778; Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to Prince of Wales 23 May 1787; served in Flanders 1793-4, Sicily 1806; m. 18 Jul 1793 his cousin Lady Matilda West, dau. of John West, 2nd Earl De la Warr, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army; d. 3 Apr 1838.

WYNYARD, GEORGE WEST, son of William Wynyard (adm. 1741, qv), and his second wife; b. 18 May 1762; adm. 8 Feb 1773; in school list 1775; Ensign, 33rd Foot 1 Sep 1777; Lieut., 14 Oct 1778; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 21 Jul 1790; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 26 Apr 1793; Capt., Independent Co., 6 Nov 1793; 31st Light Dragoons 10 Mar 1795; Maj., 27th Light Dragoons 25 Dec 1795; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 1 Jan 1801; Lieut. -Col., 24th Light Dragoons 22 Jan 1801; served in American War, wounded at Guilford 15 Mar 1781; m. Catharine Harris; d. 14 Jun 1809.

WYNYARD, EDWARD BUCKLEY, son of William Wynyard (adm. 1741, qv), and his third wife; b. 6 Sep 1788; in school lists 1801, 1803; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 17 Dec 1803; Lieut. and Capt. , 7 Jan 1808; Brevet Maj. , 21 Jun 1813; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. , 28 Apr 1814; Col. , 22 Jul 1830; Major-Gen. , 23 Nov 1841; Col. , 58th Foot, from 31 Jan 1851; Lieut. -Gen. , 11 Nov 1851; Gen. , 28 Jan 1860; served in Sicily 1808-10; Military Secretary to Sir Hudson Lowe, Governor of St. Helena 16 May 1816 – Jun 1820; CB 19 Jul 1838; m. 1 Sep 1814 Louisa, second dau. of Joseph Warner; d. 24 Nov 1864.