The Hon. William Frederick Wyndham (6 April 1763 – 11 February 1828) was an English aristocrat and diplomat.
William Frederick Wyndham was the son of
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont and
Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter, daughter of
George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter
Lieutenant-Colonel George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter FRS (c. 1695 – 12 July 1749) of the Homme, Dilwyn, Herefordshire was an English landowner and Member of Parliament at different periods between 1717 and 1747.
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Queen Charlotte
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["Hon. William Frederick Wyndham"]
''The Peerage'', 27 March 2011 On 21 July 1784 he married Frances Mary Harford, the illegitimate daughter of
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (6 February 1731 – 4 September 1771), styled The Hon. Frederick Calvert until 1751, was an English nobleman and last in line of the Barons Baltimore. Although he exercised almost feudal power in the Pr ...
and Hester Whelan. They had three daughters and one son George, who became the
4th Earl of Egremont.
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From 1794 to 1814, Wyndham was appointed the English Ambassador to ]Tuscany
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He married a second time to Julia de Smorzewske, Countess de Spyterki.[ Arthur, apparently a son from this marriage, became a Colonel in the Madras Army.Colonel Arthur Wyndham]
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External links
*https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P31396
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1763 births
1828 deaths
British diplomats
Younger sons of earls
William Frederick
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