Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (4 October 1822 – 25 April 1896) was a Welsh Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880. Williams-Wynn was the son of Charles Williams-Wynn, who was MP for Montgomeryshire 1796–1850, and his wife Mary Cunliffe daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and at

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graduating BA in 1843 and MA in 1846. He was called to the bar at

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in May 1846. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Montgomeryshire, and captain in the Montgomery Yeomanry Cavalry.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> In 1862 Williams-Wynn was elected

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for

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. He held the seat until 1880. Williams-Wynn died at the age of 73. Williams-Wynn married Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont daughter of

Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers Charles Herbert Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers (11 August 1778 – 27 October 1860) was an English nobleman and naval officer, the second son of Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers. Naval career Pierrepont entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman, ...

. They had a daughter, Mary Williams-Wynn, who married Henry Goulburn Chetwynd Stapylton JP in 1886.

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* 1822 births 1896 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Deputy Lieutenants of Montgomeryshire Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 {{Wales-Conservative-UK-MP-stub