Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet (1625–1674) was Sheriff of Caernarvonshire and twice a member of Parliament for the same county.
Biography
Sir Richard succeeded his father Sir Owen Wynn at Gwydir in 1660.[1]
Sir Richard was sheriff of Caernarvonshire (1657/1658) and twice MP for Caernarvonshire: in the Rump Parliament 1647–1653 and the Cavalier Parliament (1661–1675).[2]
Sir Richard spent some time imprisoned in Caernarvon Castle. He may have been incarcerated because of a possible involvement in the Royalist Booth's Uprising (1659) as he was by that time a son-in-law to one of the participant Sir Thomas Myddelton.[2]
Sir Richard died in 1674 and was succeeded to the title by his cousin Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet the only son of Henry Wynn (the tenth son of the 1st baronet).[2][1]
Family
In 1654 Sir Richard married Sarah, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddelton. [2] They had one child, Mary (1661–1689) who inherited the Gwydir estate on the death of her father. She married Robert Bertie (1660–1723), 17th Lord Willoughby de Eresby and later 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Thomas 1900, p. 253.
- ^ a b c d e Roberts 1959.
References
- Roberts, Glyn (1959). "Richard (1588–1649)". Wynn family, of Gwydir, Caerns. Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
- Thomas, Daniel Lleufer (1900), , in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, 63, London: Smith, Elder & Co, p. 258. Endnotes:
- Cal. Wynn (of Gwydir) Papers, passim;
- Clenennau Letters, i, Introduction
- Hist. Gwydir Family, passim
- W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. of Wales, passim
- E. Breeze, Kalendars of Gwynedd, passim; Cymm., xxxviii
- The Welsh Review, v, 187–191; Trans. Caern. Hist. Soc., 1939, 37–46; J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 280–1
Further reading
- "Wynn, Sir Richard, fourth baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76612. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Jones, E. G., The Caernarvonshire Squires, 1558–1625, University of Wales — unpublished M.A. thesis
| Parliament of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir John Glynne | Member of Parliament of Caernarvonshire 1661–1675 | Succeeded by The Viscount Bulkeley |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Interregnum | Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire 1660–1674 | Succeeded by Richard Bulkeley |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| Preceded by Owen Wynn | Baronet (of Gwydir) c. 1660–1674 | Succeeded by John Wynn |