Family and Education
b. ?1648, 1st s. of Edward Gwyn by Eleanor, da. of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecote, Wilts. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1 June 1666, aged 17; M. Temple 1667. m. 1690, his cos. Margaret, da. and h. of Edmund Prideaux, M.P., of Forde Abbey, Dorset, 4s. 3da.
Offices Held
Commr. of revenue [I] 1676 – 81; clerk of P.C. 1679 – 85, prothonotary and clerk of the Crown for Glam., Brec. and Rad. 1680; under-sec. of state 1680 – 83, 1688 – 89; groom of the bedchamber to the King 1683 – 85; joint sec. to Treasury 1685 – 87; commr. of accounts 1696 – 97; sec. to ld. lt. [I] 1701; P.C. [I] 1701; ld. of Trade 1711 – 13; sec. at war 1713 – Sept. 1714; recorder, Totnes and steward, Brecknock.
Main residences: Llansannor, Glam.; Forde Abbey, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
GWYN, Francis (?1648-1734)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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