Family and Education
b. 12 May 1790, 2nd illegit. s. of George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd earl of Egremont, of Petworth House, West Sussex, and Elizabeth, da. of Rev. Ilive, of West Sussex. educ. priv. by Rev. Thomas Sockett. m. July 1812, Elizabeth, da. of General Lord Charles Henry Somerset, of Badminton, Gloucs. suc. fa to the lordship of the barony of Egremont, and the honour of Cockermouth, 11 Nov. 1837. KCB 21 June 1859. d. s.p. 2 Aug. 1860.
Offices Held
Ensign 1 Ft. 1806; capt. 10 drag. 1809; maj. 60 Ft. 1813; capt. 2 Ft. 1814; lt.-col. 19 lancers 1816; half-pay 1821; lt.-col. 10 hussars 1824; half-pay 1833; maj.-gen. 1837; col. 11 hussars 1847; gen. 1854.
A.d.c. to the duke of York 1825.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Cockermouth Castle, Cumberland; Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London.
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion