WYNDHAM, Sir Hugh (1624-71), of Kentsford, St. Decuman’s, Som.

Family and Education

b. 1624, 1st s. of (Sir) Edmund Wyndham and bro. of Sir Charles Wyndham and Thomas Wyndham I. m. 4 Feb. 1650 (with £1,500), Joan, da. of Sir Francis Drake, 1st Bt., of Buckland Monachorum, Devon, 1s. 7da. Kntd. bef. 21 July 1645.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 301; H. A. Wyndham, Fam. Hist. i. 190; ii. 4; Whitelock Mems. i. 482.

Offices Held

Col. of horse (royalist) by 1645; lt. of frigate 1649.List of Officers Claiming (1663), 148; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 235.

Commr. for oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1661, assessment, Som. 1661 – 69, loyal and indigent officers 1662, dep. lt. 1668 – d., j.p. 1669 – d.; collector of customs, Bridgwater 1669–d.CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 97; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 176.

Servant to Charles II ?by 1664-at least 1667.Milward, 162.

Parlimentarian

WYNDHAM, Sir Hugh (1624-71), of Kentsford, St. Decuman’s, Som.

Main residence: Kentsford, St. Decuman's, Som.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

Religion