Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet
Lt-Col. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet (22 May 1820 – 9 May 1885) was a Welsh Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1885.
Biography
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Williams-Wynn was born at the family's London property,
Williams-Wynn was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Denbighshire in 1841 and held the seat until his death in 1885, aged 64. The seat had previously been held by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, all of whom were also named Watkin Williams-Wynn.[4]
Williams-Wynn was lieutenant colonel of the
After Wynnstay was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1858, Sir Watkin rebuilt it between 1859 and 1865 on the same site, with Benjamin Ferrey as his architect.
Williams-Wynn married his cousin, Marie Emily Williams-Wynn, youngest daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn,
References
- ^ Emyr Gwynne Jones; Evan David Jones; Brynley Francis Roberts (1959). "Wynn family, of Wynnstay Ruabon". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
- ^ a b c "Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams (WN842WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ^ Army List.
- ISBN 0-9507849-0-7.