Sir William Wynne (1729–1815) was an English judge and academic,

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1788 to 1809, and Master of

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from 1803.

Life

The son of John Wynne and his wife Anne Pugh, he matriculated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1747, graduating LL.B. in 1752, LL.D. in 1757. He became a Fellow of the college in 1755. Wynne was admitted as an advocate of the

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in 1757, where his practice was largely on marriage and probate matters. He contested unsuccessfully the 1764 election for the Master of his college, losing out to

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. In 1788 he was knighted and became Dean of the Arches. In 1803 he was elected Master, and made improvements in the College. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1794.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wynne, William 1729 births 1815 deaths 18th-century English judges 19th-century English judges Masters of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society