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Wyndham, William, d. 1661

  • GB-2014-WSA-18743
  • Person
  • d. 1661

WYNDHAM, WILLIAM, second son of Francis Wyndham, York and London, merchant, and Elizabeth Sparling, Priors Close, Craike, co. Durham; b.; adm. 5 Nov 1655; a boarder; left 1656; d. unm. 30 Jan 1661. [perhaps bapt. 6 Sep 1637 Craike, Yorks, , son of Francis Windham, but this seems too early]

Wyndham, William Frederick, 1763-1828

  • GB-2014-WSA-18742
  • Person
  • 1763-1828

WYNDHAM, HON. WILLIAM FREDERICK, fourth son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (qv); b. 7 Apr 1763; adm. 7 Jun 1774; in school list 1775; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 14 Dec 1778; Lieut. and Capt., 18 Apr 1781; retd. 17 Aug 1784; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Tuscany 25 Jan 1794-1807 (but residing at Vienna with exiled Tuscan court 1800-7); m. 1st, 21 Jul 1784 (separated 1795) Frances Mary Harford, natural dau. of Frederick Calvert, 7th Baron Baltimore (I); m. 2nd, after 1822, Julia Konstancia de Smorzewska, widow of Count Spyterki; d. Feb 1828.

Wyndham, Percy Charles, 1757-1833

  • GB-2014-WSA-18741
  • Person
  • 1757-1833

WYNDHAM, HON. PERCY CHARLES, second son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (qv); b. 23 Sep 1757; adm. 17 Oct 1765; KS (Capt. ) 1769; Capt. of the School 1773; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, but did not matr.; Chancery Registrar, Jamaica 1763 (still 1780); Secretary and Clerk of the Courts, and Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, Barbados May 1763 - 1820; MP Chichester 11 Mar 1782-4, Midhurst 1790-6; d. unm. 5 Aug 1833.

Wyndham, John, 1649-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-18740
  • Person
  • 1649-?

WYNDHAM, JOHN, brother of William Wyndham (adm. 1655, qv); bapt. Craike, Yorks. (IGI) 19 May 1649; at school in 1661 (Busby’s Account Book).

Wyndham, Henry, 1643-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-18739
  • Person
  • 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
  • Person
  • 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
  • Person
  • 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.

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