Baron Newborough is a title that has been created twice in the

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. Both titles are extant. The first creation came in 1716 in favour of George Cholmondeley, later 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley. See

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for further history of this creation. The second creation came in 1776 in favour of Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet. He represented Caernarvonshire, St Ives and

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in the

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and also served as

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. His son, the second Baron, represented Caernarvonshire in Parliament. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Baron. He served as High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1847. On his death the titles passed to his grandson, the fourth Baron (the son of the Hon. Thomas John Wynn). He died as a result of an illness contracted on active service during the

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and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baron. When he died in 1957 the titles were inherited by his first cousin, the sixth Baron. He was the son of the Hon. Charles Henry Wynn, third son of the third Baron. He was succeeded in 1965 by his eldest son as the seventh Baron. the titles are held by the seventh Baron's son, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1998. The Wynn Baronetcy, of Bodvean in the County of Caernarfon, was created in the

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on 25 October 1742 for the first Baron's grandfather Thomas Wynn. He represented

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in the

and was also a court official. His son, the second Baronet, represented both

and Caernarvonshire in Parliament. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet, who was elevated to the peerage in 1776. The family seat is no longer Peplow Hall, near

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. The family also own the Rhug Estate near

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(the new family seat) and once owned Glynllifon (Plas Glynlifon), near

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, Gwynedd,

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Wynn Baronets, of Bodvean (1742)

Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet (1677–1749) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1749. Personal life Wynn was born in March 1677, the eldest son of Griffith Wynn of Bodvean and his wife Catherine Vaughan, daughter ...

(1677–1749) * Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet (1701–1773) * Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet (1736–1807) (created Baron Newborough in 1776)

Barons Newborough (1776)

The grand portico of Plas Glynllifon - geograph

* Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (1736–1807) * Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough (1802–1832) *

Spencer Bulkeley Wynn, 3rd Baron Newborough Spencer Bulkeley Wynn (23 May 1803 – 1 November 1888) was Deputy Lieutenant of Carnarvon from 1846 and High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1847. Background He was the son of Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough and Maria Stella Petronilla Chiappini. ...

(1803–1888) *

William Charles Wynn, 4th Baron Newborough William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1873–1916) *

Thomas John Wynn, 5th Baron Newborough Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(1878–1957) *

Robert Vaughan Wynn, 6th Baron Newborough The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1877–1965) * Robert Charles Michael Vaughan Wynn, 7th Baron Newborough (1917–1998) *

Robert Vaughan Wynn, 8th Baron Newborough The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(b. 1949) The

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is the present holder's first cousin Anthony Charles Vaughan Wynn (b. 1949)
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive is his brother Andrew Guy Wynn (b. 1950)
The heir presumptive's heir presumptive's

heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...

is his son Alexander Charles Guy Wynn (b. 1981)

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