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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.
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 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 ...
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 ...
When Anne died in March 1748, he married another heiress, his god-daughter Frances Shackerley (1721–1803); his son and heir, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (1749–1789) was born a few months before Sir Watkin's death in a hunting accident in September 1749.
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 ...
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (4 October 1822 – 25 April 1896) was a Welsh Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880. Williams-Wynn was the son of Charles Williams-Wynn , who was MP for Montgomeryshire 1796–1850, and his wife Mary Cunliffe daughter of Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet .
Wynnstay Hall, Ruabon near Wrexham, Wales, seat of the Wynns Wynnstay Park. 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.