Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn
KCB GCH (16 March 1783 – 28 March 1856) was a
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MP in the early 19th century. From 1824 to 1853, he served as the
British Envoy to Denmark.
Early life
He was the younger son of eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood, of
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (23 September 1749 – 24 July 1789) was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts. The Williams-Wynn baronets had been begun in 1688 by the politician Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, but had ...
, and, his second wife,
Charlotte Grenville. Among his siblings was elder brothers
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (25 October 1772 – 6 January 1840) was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1794 to 1840.
Biography
Williams-Wynn was the son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet ...
(who married Lady Henrietta Clive, a daughter of
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, (7 March 1754 – 16 May 1839), known as the Lord Clive between 1774 and 1804, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Clive.
Earl ...
) and
Charles Williams-Wynn,
Secretary at War
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and
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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(who married Mary Cunliffe, daughter of
Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet
Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet (1755–1834) was the founder of the Royal Society of British Bowmen.
Biography
Foster Cunliffe was the son of Sir Robert Cunliffe, 2nd Baronet and Mary Wright. He succeeded to his father’s baronetcy on the ...
). His sister Henrietta Elizabeth Williams-Wynn, married
.
His father was the only son of
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet (c. 169226 September 1749) was a Welsh politician and landowner who sat in the British House of Commons from 1716 to 1749, when he died in office. A member of the Tory party, he was also a prominent Jacobi ...
and his second wife, Frances Shackerley of Cheshire, and succeeded to the baronetcy (and extensive
Wynnstay
Wynnstay is a country house within an important landscaped park 1.3 km (0.75 miles) south-east of Ruabon, near Wrexham, Wales. Wynnstay, previously Watstay, is a famous estate and the family seat of the Wynns. The house was sold in 1948 and ...
estates, the largest in North Wales) when only a baby after his father was killed by a fall from his horse while hunting. His maternal grandparents were
Elizabeth (née Wyndham) Grenville (daughter of the Tory statesman
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (c. 168817 June 1740), of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1740. He served as Secretary at War in 1712 and Chancellor of the Exchequer in ...
) and
Prime Minister
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George Grenville
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.
Career
Williams-Wynn sat for
Midhurst
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The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...
from January to May 1807.
[; Retrieved 8 November 2011] From 1824 to 1853, he served as the
British Envoy to Denmark.
He was appointed Knight Commander,
Order of the Bath
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and was appointed Knight Grand Cross,
Hanoverian Order
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.
Personal life
On 30 September 1813, he married Hon. Hester Frances Smith, daughter of
Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington
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Early life
Smith was the third son of Abel Sm ...
of Upton and the former Anne Boldero-Barnard. Together, they were the parents of:
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' ]Wilmington, Delaware
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, U.S.A.
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: Burke's Peerage
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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4187.
* Charlotte Henrietta Williams-Wynn (1815–1873), who married Count
Friedrich von Bismarck
Friedrich August Ludwig, Graf von Bismarck (''from 1862'' von Bismarck-Schierstein) (19 August 1809 – 16 April 1893) was a German lawyer and Member of Parliament.
Early life
Bismarck was born on 19 August 1809 in Biebrich (Wiesbaden), Biebrich, ...
in 1847.
* Grenville Watkin Williams-Wynn (1816–1865),
who suffered from dwarf growth. He was a well-known figure in Copenhagen, both due to his physical disposition and his courtship of the ballet dancer
Lucile Grahn
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Grahn studied from a young age at the Royal Danish Theatre School in ...
. William Wynn was a patron of the artist
H.G.F. Holm.
* Katharine Williams-Wynn (–1881), who married Gen. John Studholme Brownrigg, son of
John Studholme Brownrigg, MP for
Boston
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, in 1840.
* Arthur Watkin Williams-Wynn (1819–1854), a Major of the
23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers who fought in the
Crimean War
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and was killed in action at
Battle of the Alma
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.
* Henry Bertie Watkin Williams-Wynn (1820–1895), who married Marion Limond, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir James Limond, in 1848.
* Marie Emily Williams-Wynn (1826–1905), who married her first cousin, Col.
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet (22 May 1820 – 9 May 1885) was a Welsh Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1885.
Biography
Williams-Wynn was born at the family's London property, the eldest son of ...
, in 1852.
Williams-Wynn died on 28 March 1856.
Descendants
Through his eldest daughter Charlotte, he was a grandfather of four, including Countess Helene von Bismarck-Schierstein (1850–1903) (who married Maj.
Wilfred Joseph Cripps
Wilfred Joseph Cripps (8 June 1841 – 26 October 1903) was an English antiquarian and a writer on antique silver plate.
Early life
Cripps was born in London into a wealthy family who profited from the wool trade in the Cotswolds and were promine ...
), and Count Otto Franz Karl von Bismarck-Schierstein (1854–1910).
References
1783 births
1856 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1806–1807
Younger sons of baronets
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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