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Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet (1860–1944) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet (1891–1949) Sir Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet (1862–1951) Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet (1904–1988) Sir David Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet (1940–2023) Charles Edward Watkin Williams-Wynn ...
Born into an ancient and grand Welsh family, Williams-Wynn was the second son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, by his second wife Charlotte Grenville, daughter of Prime Minister George Grenville. His great-great-grandfather Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1680 to 1685.
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (23 September 1749 – 24 July 1789) was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts. The Williams-Wynn baronets had been begun in 1688 by the politician Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, but had inherited, in the time of the 3rd baronet, Sir Watkin's father, the estates of the Wynn baronets, and changed their name to reflect this.
Watkin Williams-Wynn may refer to several members of the Williams-Wynn family of Wynnstay, near Wrexham in Wales. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet (1692–1749), MP for Denbighshire, 1716–1749 Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (1749–1789), MP for Shropshire, 1772–1774, and Denbighshire, 1774–1789, and Lord Lieutenant of ...
Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850), Secretary at War, second son of the 4th Baronet; Charles Williams-Wynn (1822–1896), his son; Sir Henry Williams-Wynn (1783–1856), diplomat, third son of the 4th Baronet; Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet (1860–1944), nephew and son-in-law of the 6th Baronet; Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet ...
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet (c. 1692 – 26 September 1749) was a Welsh politician and landowner who sat in the British House of Commons from 1716 to 1749, when he died in office. A member of the Tory party, he was also a prominent Jacobite sympathiser.
Williams-Wynn was the son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet and his second wife, Charlotte, daughter of George Grenville, a former Prime Minister, through whose sister Hester's marriage to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Williams-Wynn became cousin to Pitt the Younger. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.
Marie Emily, wife of Watkins Williams Wynn. Williams-Wynn was born at the family's London property, [1] the eldest son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet, and his wife Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive, eldest daughter of Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis. [2] His brother-in-law, Edward Herbert, 2nd Earl of Powis, inherited Powis Castle in Wales.