Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield
Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield,
A direct descendant of
Wyndham was educated at
He was elected to the
Lord Leconfield married Lady Constance Primrose, daughter of Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny, and sister of Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, in 1867. They had six sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Hon. George O′Bryen Wyndham, died before his father in 1895. One of his sons, the Hon. William Reginald Wyndham, was killed on the Western Front in 1914[2] and is buried at Zillebeke Churchyard Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Belgium. His daughter Mary married Ivor Maxse. Lord Leconfield died at his town residence in Chesterfield gardens on 6 January 1901, aged 70, and was succeeded in the barony by his second but eldest surviving son Charles.[1] Lady Leconfield died in 1939. His daughter Maud Evelyn Wyndham was the mother of Henry Vincent Yorke, better known as the novelist Henry Green.
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References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]