William Samuel Best, 2nd Baron Wynford (19 February 1798 – 28 February 1869), was a British peer.

Background

Wynford was the son of

William Best, 1st Baron Wynford William Draper Best, 1st Baron Wynford, PC (13 December 1767 – 3 March 1845), was a British politician and judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1824 to 1829. Background and education Best was the third son of Thomas Best ...

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and his wife, Mary Anne, daughter of Jerome Knapp Jr. of Chilton in

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(now

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), Clerk of the

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, by his second wife, Sarah, daughter and eventual heiress of George Noyes of Southcote, Berkshire &

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. He married Jane, the daughter of William Thoyts of

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House in

and his wife, Jane, the daughter & co-heiress of

Abram Newman Abram (or Abraham) Newman (1736–1799) was one of the wealthiest men in 18th century London. He spent his life as a partner in one of the leading grocers, importing a wide range of produce including tea, coffee, sugar and spices. Life Abram wa ...

of Mount Bures,

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, the famous London tea merchant. They lived together at Wynford House in Wynford Eagle,

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

. Wynford had a London home at 5

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Political career

Wynford sat as Member of Parliament for Mitchell (also known as St Michael's) between 1831 and 1832, when the constituency was disenfranchised through the

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. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1845.

Personal life

Lord Wynford died in February 1869, aged 71, at 7 Park Place, St James', Middlesex, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, William Draper Mortimer Best, 3rd Baron Wynford.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wynford, William Best, 2nd Baron 1798 births 1869 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Mitchell UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs who inherited peerages Politicians from Dorset