Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, (18 May 1887 – 28 August 1965) was an Irish peer. The son of

Windham Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl Colonel Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (7 February 1857 – 23 October 1952) was an Irish Peer, British Army officer and a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire 1895–1906. Background He ...

, he succeeded to the Earldom in 1952 on the death of his father.

Biography

Lord Dunraven fought in

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where he was wounded and

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. He gained the rank of

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in the 12th Royal Lancers and was awarded the

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(MC). Dunraven was appointed

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(CBE) in 1921 and

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(CB) in 1923.

Marriages and children

Lord Dunraven married firstly Helen Lindsay Swire on 20 October 1915. They had no children and were divorced in 1932. Dunraven married secondly Nancy Yuille (1902–1994) on 7 March 1934. They had three children:The peerage.com, entry for 6th Earl of Dunraven
/ref> * Lady Melissa Eva Caroline Wyndham-Quin (16 February 1935 – 5 January 2021), married Sir George Brooke, 3rd Baronet, on 25 June 1959 and has issue. * Lady Caroline Olein Geraldine Wyndham-Quin (born 14 September 1936), married

John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford John Hubert de la Poer Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford (14 July 1933 – 11 February 2015) was an Irish peer. He succeeded to the marquessate in 1934. He was educated at Eton, and later served as a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards' Supple ...

, on 23 July 1957 and has issue, including

Henry Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford Henry Nicholas de la Poer Beresford, 9th Marquess of Waterford (born 23 March 1958), is an Anglo-Irish peer. Biography Lord Waterford is the son of the 8th Marquess of Waterford and Lady Caroline Olein Geraldine Wyndham-Quin, daughter of the 6t ...

. * Thady Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 7th (and last) Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (27 October 1939 – 25 March 2011)

References

1887 births 1965 deaths Earls of Dunraven and Mount-Earl Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{Ireland-earl-stub