George Wyndham

George Wyndham, PC (29 August 1863 – 8 June 1913) was a British Conservative politician, statesman, man of letters, and one of The Souls.

In 1889, he was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover,[4] and held the seat until his death.

Its name The Outlook; its price three pence sterling, its attitude – literary; its policy – Imperialism, tempered by expediency; its mission – to make money for a Jew; its editor Percy Hurd (never heard of him) ...[6]Also in 1898, Wyndham was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War under Lord Salisbury, which he remained until 1900.

He continued in this position after Balfour succeeded as Prime Minister in July 1902, but was taken into the Cabinet,[8] and sworn a member of the Privy Council on 11 August 1902.

He brought forward a devolution scheme to deal with the Home Rule question co-ordinated with the Irish Reform Association conceived by his permanent under-secretary Sir Antony MacDonnell (afterwards Baron) and with the approval of the Lord Lieutenant the Earl of Dudley.

Towards the end of his life the couple settled at Clouds House in Wiltshire, designed for his father Percy Wyndham by the Arts and Crafts movement architect, Philip Webb (1886).

There has been speculation over the years that Wyndham was the natural father of Anthony Eden, who was prime minister from 1955 to 1957.