WYNDHAM, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (c.1688-1740), of Orchard Wyndham, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1688, o. s. of Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Bt.*; educ. Eton 1696; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1 June 1704, aged 15; travelled abroad (Low Countries, France, Italy) 1704–6. m. (1) 21 July 1708 (with £10,000), Lady Catherine (d. 1731), da. of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, 2s. 2da.; (2) 1 June 1734, Maria Catherine, da. of Peter de Jong, burgomaster, of Utrecht, wid. of William Godolphin†, Mq. of Blandford, s.p. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. June 1695. Evelyn Diary, v. 236–7; H. A. Wyndham, Wyndham Fam. 36–37; Staffs. RO, Sutherland mss D.868/41b, 43b, 44a, 44b.

Offices Held

V.-adm. Som. by 1710–?16; freeman, Bath 1713. Bath RO, Bath council bk. 4, 3 Sept. 1713.

Master of buckhounds 1711–12; sec. at war 1712–13; chancellor of the Exchequer 25 Aug. 1713–14; PC 1 Nov. 1713–14. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvi. 50; xxvii. 51, 422, 518; Boyer, Pol. State, iii. 387.

Commr. Chelsea Hosp. 1712–?14. Hull Univ. Lib. Bosville mss DD/BM 32/1, E. Burgess to Godfrey Bosville, 25 Dec. 1712.

Parlimentarian

WYNDHAM, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (?1688-1740), of Orchard Wyndham, Som.

Main residence: Orchard Wyndham, Som.

Author

A.A.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

WYNDHAM, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (c.1688-1740)

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Oxford 1644

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