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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.

WYCHE, SIR CYRIL, second son of Right Hon. Sir Peter Wyche, PC, Kt, English Ambassador at Constantinople, and Jane, dau. of Sir William Meredith, Kt, Wrexham, Denbighshire; b.; a godson of Cyril Loukaris, Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, after whom he was named; adm.; KS in 1649; contributed a copy of verses to Lacrimae Musarum, 1649; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Nov 1650; BA 17 Feb 1652/3; MA 1655; DCL 1665; LLD Dublin 1692; adm. Gray’s Inn 1 May 1657, called to bar 15 Jun 1670; knighted at The Hague May 1660; one of the Six Clerks in Chancery 28 Jan 1662-75; MP Callington May 1661 – Jan 1678/9, East Grinstead Feb – Mar 1680/1, Saltash 1685-7, Preston 1702-5; Chief Secretary to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland 1677-82, and to Henry Sidney, Lord Lieut. Ireland, Sep 1692 – Jul 1693; MP (I) Dublin University 17 Sep 1692 – 26 Jun 1693; Privy Councillor (I) 1692; one of the Lord Justices of Ireland 1693-5; a Commissioner for Irish Forfeitures 1700; FRS 20 May 1663, President 30 Nov 1683 – 30 Nov 1684; lic. to m. 1st, 2 Aug 1663 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Jermyn, Rushbrooke, Suffolk; lic. to m. 2nd, 29 Jul 1684 Susanna, dau. of Sir Herbert Perrott, Kt, MP, Haroldstone, Pembs., and dau. of Sir Francis Norreys, Kt, Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire; m. 3rd, 15 May 1692 Mary, eldest dau. of George Evelyn, Wotton, Surrey; d. 29 Dec 1707. DNB.

WROTTESLEY, HENRY, son of Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Oct 1772; adm. 31 Jan 1782; KS (Capt. ) 1786; Capt. of the School 1790; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 22 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 25 Jun 1803; BA 1795; MA 1798; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1793, called to bar 26 Nov 1798; member, Corporation of Cursitors Dec 1794 (still Law List 1822); Commissioner of Bankrupts 1799 (occurs in annual lists 1801 to death); Solicitor, Board of Control Feb 1806 – Aug 1811; MP Brackley from 28 Dec 1810; d. unm. 17 Feb 1825.

WRAY, SIR CECIL, BART., eldest son of Sir John Wray, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Fairfax Norcliffe, Langton, Yorks.; b. 3 Sep 1734; adm. Apr 1745 (Smalwell's); left 1749; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 1749, matr. 1749; succ. as 13th baronet 26 Jan 1752; Cornet, 1st Dragoons 26 Dec 1755 – 20 Dec 1757; of Fillingham, Lincs.; MP East Retford 1768-80, Westminster 12 Jun 1782-4; a strenuous opponent of the American War; denounced the Fox-North coalition, and opposed Fox’s East India Bill; unsuccessfully contested Westminster against Hood and Fox at the general election of 1784; satirised in The Rolliad and caricatured by Rowlandson and Gillray; m. Esther, dau. of James Summers, Fillingham, Lincs.; d. 10 Jan 1805. DNB.

WODEHOUSE, JOHN, 1st BARON WODEHOUSE, son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart., MP, and Letitia, eldest dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart., MP; b. 4 Apr 1741; adm. Oct 1748 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1758; Grand Tour (Italy) 1763-4; Col. East Norfolk Militia 7 Jun 1774, witth rank of Col. in Army 2 Jul 1779; succ. as 6th baronet 2 May 1777; . of Kimberley, Norfolk; MP Norfolk 1784 – 26 Oct 1797; created Baron Wodehouse 26 Oct 1797; m. 30 Mar 1769 Sophia, only dau. of Hon. Charles Berkeley, Bruton Abbey, Somerset; d. 29 May 1834.

WINDSOR, HON. DIXIE, second son of Thomas Windsor, 1st Earl of Plymouth PC, and his second wife Ursula, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas Widdrington, Kt, Sherburn Grange, Northumberland; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691; 7th in “ordo” 1694/5; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1697, Major Fellow 6 May 1698 – c. 1706; MP Cambridge University 1705-27; Storekeeper of the Ordnance Office 28 Jun 1712 – Mar 1717; Busby Trustee 8 Mar 1711/2; m. Dorothy, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 20 Oct 1743.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, SIR WATKIN, BART., eldest son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 22 May 1820; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1837; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 19 Jul 1839; Lieut., 27 Sep 1842; retd. 7 Jul 1843; succ. father as 6th Baronet 6 Jan 1840; MP (Cons) Denbighshire from 1841; ADC (Volunteers) to Queen Victoria 1881; member, Society of Dilettanti 1883; Busby Trustee 20 May 1879; used to come to the School on St. David’s Day until the last year of his life to ask for an “Early Play” and to tip all the Welsh boys (and “Monos”) a sovereign each; m. 28 Apr 1852 his cousin Mary Emily, youngest dau. of Right Hon. Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn PC KCB GCH, diplomat; d. 9 May 1885.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, HERBERT WATKIN, son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 29 Aug 1822; adm. 20 Apr 1833 (Benthall's); Ensign, 10th Foot 5 Jul 1839; Lieut., 24 Sep 1841; Capt., 7th Foot 28 Apr 1846; Maj., 1 Apr 1853; retd. with rank of Lieut. -Col., 9 Jun 1854; MP Montgomeryshire from Oct 1850; m. 26 Jul 1855 Anna, dau. of Edmund Lloyd, Cefn, Denbighshire; d. 22 Jun 1862.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, CHARLES WATKIN, son of Charles Watkin Willianms-Wynn (adm. 1784, qv); b. 4 Oct 1822; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839, Canoneer Student 1839-53; BA 1843; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Apr 1843, called to bar 6 May 1846; North Wales Circuit; Revising Barrister; Recorder of Oswestry 1880; MP (Cons) Montgomeryshire Jul 1862-80; DL JP Montgomeryshire; member, Society of Dilettanti 1871; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1874; m. 18 Aug 1853 Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont, youngest dau. of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers; d. 25 Apr 1896.

WILLIAMS-BULKELEY, SIR RICHARD BULKELEY, BART., eldest son of Sir Robert Williams, Bart. (qv); b. 23 Sep 1801; adm. 20 Feb 1815 (Packharness'); left 10 Apr 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1820; assumed additional surname of Bulkeley 3 Jun 1826, having inherited the estates of his father’s older step-brother, Thomas James Warren- Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley (I) (qv); succ. father as 10th baronet 1 Dec 1830; MP (Whig/Liberal) Beaumaris 8 Feb 1831-2, Anglesey 1832-7, Flint 1841-7, Anglesey 1847-68; Lord Lieut., Caernarvonshire 7 Mar 1851 – 14 Sep 1866; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1870; a well-known sportsman; m. 1st, 27 May 1828 his cousin Hon. Charlotte Mary Hughes, eldest dau. of William Hughes, 1st Baron Dinorben; m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1832 Maria Frances, only dau. of Sir Thomas Stanley-Massey-Stanley, Bart.; d. 28 Aug 1875.