Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (4 September 1782 – 6 August 1850), styled Viscount Adare until 1822, was an

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Origin

He was the eldest son of Valentine Richard Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways, daughter of

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, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Horner. He had one brother, Richard George Quin (1789–1843), who married Amelia Smith on 7 September 1813 and died without issue, and two sisters, Elizabeth who died young in August 1795, and Harriet, who married

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and died in 1845. He was styled Viscount Adare from 1822 until he succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his father in 1824. He took the additional surname of Wyndham, becoming Windham Wyndham Quin, on 7 April 1815.

Life

He was appointed Custos Rotulorum of County Limerick for life in 1818. He served as an MP for

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in the

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from 1806 to 1820. He was accused of

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following the 1818

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, but after a full inquiry, the

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exonerated him.

Marriage and children

On 27 December 1810, he married Caroline, daughter and heiress of Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven Castle,

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and

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, Gloucestershire. They had the following children: * Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven (1812–1871) * Captain the Hon. Windham Henry Wyndham Quin (2 November 1829 – 24 October 1865), who on 24 January 1856 married Caroline, third daughter of Rear Admiral George Tyler, K.H., of Cottrell, Glamorgan, M.P., and had issue. * Lady Anna Maria Charlotte Wyndham Quin (21 November 1814 – 7 January 1855), who married

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on 11 August 1836.

References

* Lodge, Edmund,

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, &c., ''The Peerage of the British Empire & Baronetage'', 27th edition, London, 1858, pp. 203–4. * *

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* 1782 births 1850 deaths Adare, Windham Quin, Lord Quin, Windham Henry Quin, Windham Henry Adare, Windham Quin, Lord Adare, Windham Quin, Lord Dunraven and Mount-Earl, E2 Place of birth missing Irish representative peers Earls of Dunraven and Mount-Earl {{Ireland-earl-stub