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Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough

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The Lord Newborough
Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (Nathaniel Hone the Elder,1766)
Member of the Great Britain Parliament
for Caernarvonshire
In office
1761–1774
Preceded bySir John Wynn
Succeeded byThomas Assheton Smith
Member of the Great Britain Parliament
for St Ives
with: Adam Drummond
In office
1775–1780
Preceded byAdam Drummond
William Praed
Succeeded byWilliam Praed
Abel Smith
Member of the Great Britain Parliament
for Beaumaris
In office
1796–1800
Preceded bySir Watkin Williams-Wynn
Succeeded byParliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament
for Beaumaris
In office
1801–1807
Preceded byParliament of Great Britain
Succeeded byEdward Pryce Lloyd
Personal details
Born1736
Died12 October 1807 (aged 68–69)
Spouses
Lady Catherine Perceval
(m. 1766; died 1782)
(m. 1786)
Children
ParentSir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
OccupationPolitician, peer

Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (1736 – 12 October 1807),[1] known as Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, from 1773 to 1776, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1807.

Career

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Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet. He went to Italy on the "Grand Tour" in 1759–60.[1] He sat as a Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire from 1761 to 1774, for St Ives from 1775 to 1780 and for Beaumaris from 1796 to 1807.[2] He served as Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire between 1761 and 1781 and raised and commanded the Carnarvon Militia.[2][3][4] Wynn succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1773 and in 1776 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Newborough, of Newborough.[3]

Marriages and children

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Plas Glynllifon - seat of the Lords Newborough

Lord Newborough married, firstly, Lady Catherine, daughter of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, in 1766. The couple had one child:[3]

  • Hon. John Wynn (27 April 1772 – 18 December 1800)

After Lady Catherine's death in 1782, Lord Newborough married, secondly, thirteen-year-old Maria Stella Petronilla, daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini, in 1786; Maria Stella was born at Modigliana, near Forlì (Italy), in 1773. The couple had two sons:[3]

Lord Newborough died in October 1807 and was succeeded in his titles by his elder son from his second marriage, Thomas. Lady Newborough later remarried and died in 1843.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Harris & Hradsky, p. 47.
  2. ^ a b "WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e Burke's: 'Newborough'.
  4. ^ Owen, pp. 47–8.
  5. ^ Nicholas, p. 358.

References

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire
1761–1774
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for St Ives
1775–1780
With: Adam Drummond
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Beaumaris
1796–1800
Succeeded by
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Member of Parliament for Beaumaris
18011807
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire
1761–1781
Succeeded by
Preceded by Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire
1773–1781
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Baron Newborough
1776–1807
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baronet
(of Bodvean)
1773–1807
Succeeded by