WYNN, Richard (1655-1719), of Bedwell Park, Herts. and Charterhouse Yard, London.

Constituency	Dates
Boston	1715 – 26 Oct. 1719

Family and Education

b. 2 Mar. 1655, s. of Richard Wynn of London, merchant, by his w. Joyce. educ. St. Paul’s; Christ’s, Camb. 1673; I. Temple 1676, called 1682. m. (1) 23 Aug. 1676, Dorothy, da. of George Weldon of London, s.p.; (2) 1696, Sarah, da. of Richard Young of London, merchant, wid. of William Barrington of London, merchant, 2s. 2da.

Address

Main residences: Bedwell Park, Herts; Charterhouse Yard, London.

biography text

The son of a London merchant, Wynn was related by marriage to Sir William Massingberd, one of the leading Tories in Lincolnshire. Before 1696 he had purchased the manors of Folkingham and Threckington, Lincolnshire, from the Earl of Lincoln for £24,491,1HMC Lords, n.s. ii. 262. and in 1701 he bought Bedwell Park in Hertfordshire, which became his principal seat.2VCH Herts. iii. 460. A Tory under Anne, he was returned for Boston in 1715, voting against the Administration till his death, 26 Oct. 1719.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Notes

1. HMC Lords, n.s. ii. 262.
2. VCH Herts. iii. 460.