Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield (31 July 1830 – 6 January 1901), was a British peer and

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Early life and education

A direct descendant of

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, Leconfield was the eldest surviving son of George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, and Mary Fanny Blunt. His father was the eldest

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and adopted heir of

George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont Royal Society#Fellows, FRS (18 December 1751 – 11 November 1837) of Petworth House in Sussex and Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, was a British Peerage of Great Britain, peer, a major landowner and a ...

, and succeeded to the Egremont estates on the death of his cousin,

George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont George Francis Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont (30 August 1786 – 2 April 1845) of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset and Silverton Park, Devon, was an English nobleman and naval officer. Origins He was the son of William Frederick Wyndham (1763–182 ...

, in 1845.

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was his nephew. Leconfield was educated at Eton and

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. After leaving university, he joined the

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, from which he retired with the rank of

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Career

Leconfield was elected to the

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for

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in 1854, a seat he held until he succeeded his father as second Baron in 1869 and entered the

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. He was a Justice of the Peace (JP) and a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for

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, and vice-chairman and alderman of the Western Division of the Sussex County Council.

Marriage and children

Lord Leconfield married Lady Constance Primrose, daughter of

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, and sister of Prime Minister

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, in 1867. They had six sons and three daughters: *

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Hon. George O'Brien Wyndham (17 November 1868 – 13 January 1895) * Hon. Mary Caroline Wyndham (17 November 1870 – 21 January 1944), married

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Sir

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. * Charles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield (17 February 1872 – 17 April 1952) * Hon. Maud Evelyn Wyndham (1 September 1874 – 22 July 1963), married Vincent Wodehouse Yorke and was the mother of Henry Vincent Yorke, better known as the novelist

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. * Lieutenant Hon. William Reginald Wyndham (16 March 1876 – 6 November 1914),

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on the Western Front and is buried at Zillebeke Churchyard Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Belgium. * Hugh Archibald Wyndham, 4th Bacon Leconfield (4 October 1877 –- 6 July 1963) * Hon. Margaret Blanche Wyndham (9 October 1879 – 26 February 1965) * Edward Scawen Wyndham, 5th Baron Leconfield (30 April 1883 – 17 October 1967), father of John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield and 1st Baron Egremont. * Brigadier General Hon. Everard Humphrey Wyndham (4 December 1888 – 3 November 1970)

Death

Lord Leconfield died at his town residence in Chesterfield Gardens, London, on 6 January 1901 at the age of 70. He was succeeded in the barony by his second but eldest surviving son

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. Lady Leconfield died in 1939.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * *

External links

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