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Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven, (7 February 1857 – 23 October 1952) was an Irish peer,

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officer and a

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Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire (1895–1906).

Background

He was the son of Captain Hon. Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin (1829–1865), second son of

Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (4 September 1782 – 6 August 1850), styled Viscount Adare until 1822, was an Irish peer. Origin He was the eldest son of Valentine Richard Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Lady Frances Mu ...

, by his wife Caroline Tyler, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir George Tyler. He succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his first cousin

Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, (12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926), styled Viscount Adare between 1850 and 1871, was an Anglo-Irish journalist, landowner, soldier, sportsman and Conservative Party (UK), Conser ...

, who died in 1926 without male issue.

Military and political career

Wyndham-Quin was a

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in the

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, and served in the

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in 1881.DUNRAVEN and MOUNT-EARL’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 He was aide-de-camp (ADC) and military secretary to the

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, between 1886 and 1889. He again volunteered for service in

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in early 1900, during the

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, and was appointed a captain in the

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on 14 February 1900. He raised and commanded the 4th (Glamorgan) Company, IY, which left

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on the SS ''Cymric'' in March 1900 to serve as a company of the 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. On 18 April 1900 he was appointed 2nd in command of this battalion. He was

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, received the Queen's medal (3 clasps), and was awarded the

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(DSO) in November 1900. On return from South Africa he raised and commanded the Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry, a full regiment that perpetuated 4th Company. He was promoted to the honorary rank of

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on 19 Oct 1901. In the 1895 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire, winning the seat for the Conservative Party. He was re-elected in 1900, but lost the seat in the

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. He served as

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for 1914.

Family

Dunraven married Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke (1858–1940), daughter of

Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, (; ; 21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872) styled Lord Naas (; ) from 1842 to 1867 and Lord Mayo in India, was a prominent British statesman and Conservative politician. He served as Chief Secreta ...

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, and Hon. Blanche Wyndham, daughter of the 1st Baron Leconfield. They had the following children: * Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven (1887–1965) *Captain Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin, RN (1890–1983), married Marjorie Pretyman and had three daughters, including Marjorie, wife of the 6th Marquess of Salisbury, and Pamela, wife of the 6th Baron Leconfield *Lady Olein Eva Constance Wyndham-Quin (1892–1969) He died at

Adare Manor Adare Manor is a manor house located on the banks of the River Maigue in the village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, the former seat of the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl. The present house was built in the early 19th century, though r ...

and is buried at St. Nicholas' Church of Ireland in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland.

Publications

* ''The Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucester and Monmouth'' (1897) * ''Sir Charles Tyler, GCB, Admiral of the White'' (1912) * ''The Foxhound in County Limerick''

References

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External links

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