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WROTTESLEY, John (1744-87), of Wrottesley Hall, Staffs.
Family and Education
b. 22 Dec. 1744, o.s. of Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Bt., M.P., by Mary, da. of John, 1st Earl Gower. educ. Westminster. m. 7 June 1770, Hon. Frances Courtenay da. of William, 1st Visct. Courtenay, 5s. 5da. suc. fa. as 8th Bt. 20 July 1769.
Offices Held
Ensign 2 Ft. Gds. 1761; capt. 85 Ft. 1762; capt. 1 Ft. Gds. and lt.-col. 1770; col. army 1779; maj.-gen. 1782; col. 45 Ft. 1784 – d.
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Main residence: Wrottesley Hall, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
WROTTESLEY, John (1744-87)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
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Religion
WYLDBORE, Matthew (?1716-81), of Peterborough, Northants.
Family and Education
b. ?1716, o. surv. s. of John Wyldbore of Peterborough by Elizabeth, da. of Noah Neale of Stamford, Lines. educ. Hackney; Trinity, Camb. 26 June 1733, aged 17; I. Temple 1735. unm. suc. fa. 1755.
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Main residence: Peterborough, Northants.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
WYLDBORE, Matthew (?1716-81)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
WYNDHAM, Hon. Percy Charles (1757-1833).
Family and Education
b. 23 Sept. 1757, 2nd s. of Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont, by Hon. Alicia Mary, da. of George, 2nd Baron Carpenter [1]. educ. Westminster 1765; Ch. Ch. Oxf. (did not matriculate). unm.
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Chancery registrar in Jamaica, and prothonotary of the court of common pleas in Barbados (sinecures probably given him by his father).
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Volume
Commons 1754-1790
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WYNDHAM, Hon. Percy Charles (1757-1833)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
WYNDHAM, Thomas (?1763-1814), of Dunraven Castle, Glam.
Family and Education
b. ?1763, 1st s. of Charles Edwin, formerly Wyndham, of Llanmihangel Plas and Dunraven Castle by his 1st w. Eleanor, da. of James Rooke. educ. ?Eton 1776-9; Wadham, Oxf. 6 Dec. 1779, aged 16. m. Anne Maria Charlotte, da. of Thomas Ashby of Isleworth, Mdx., 1da. suc. fa. 16 June 1801.
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Main residence: Dunraven Castle, Glam.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
WYNDHAM, Thomas (?1763-1814)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
WYNDHAM O’BRIEN, Percy (?1723-74), of Shortgrove, Essex
Family and Education
b. ?1723, 2nd s. of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt. M.P., of Orchard Wyndham, Som. by Lady Katherine Seymour, da. of Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset; bro. of Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont. educ. Winchester 1737-40; St. Mary’s Hall, Oxf. 17 Nov. 1740, aged 17; Grand Tour. unm. suc. to estates of Henry, 7th Earl of Thomond [I], husband of his mother’s sis., 20 Sept. 1741, and assumed add. name of O’Brien; cr. Earl of Thomond [I] 11 Dec. 1756.
Offices Held
Ld. of Treasury Dec. 1755 – Nov. 1756; P.C. 8 July 1757; treasurer of Household July 1757 – Nov. 1761, cofferer Nov. 1761–5; ld. lt. Som. 1764 – 73; recorder, Taunton May 1765.
Main residence: Shortgrove, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
WYNDHAM O'BRIEN, Percy (?1723-74)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
WYNN, Glyn (c.1739-93), of Caernarvon.
Family and Education
b. c.1739, 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Bt., and bro. of Thomas Wynn. m. 11 Jan. 1766, Bridget, da. of Edward Philip Pugh of Penrhyn-Creuddyn, Caern., 4s. 1da.
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Prothonotary and clerk of the Crown for Caern., Anglesey and Merion. 1762 – d.; receiver gen. of land revenue in N. Wales and Cheshire 1781.
Entered army 1755; lt. 13 Ft. 1758; capt. 90 Ft. 1759; capt. 2 Ft. Gds. and lt.-col. 1763; ret. 1773.
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Main residence: Caernarvon.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
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WYNN, Glyn (c.1739-93)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion