[1] His father, also George, was a grandson of Owen Wynne (1723–1789) of Hazelwood House, Co. Sligo, an officer in the British army (2nd.
[2] Wynne was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[4] where he studied Experimental & Natural Science and Divinity.
[2] Their son, George Robert Llewellyn, became a Church of Ireland rector in his turn,[9] while Gladys became a successful watercolour artist.
[10] The Church of Ireland Gazette suggested that the busy parish of Hollywood, Co. Down had not suited him and it was the comparative quiet of Killarney that had enabled him to devote time to writing.
During his ministry in Killarney he was involved in efforts to improve the lives of the poor through supported emigration to the United States and Canada.
[1] He retired in 1910 to live at the Lodge, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow – then part of an estate owned by Wynne cousins.
[5] Writing of him after his death, the Church of Ireland Gazette described him as ‘a charming personality’ who had done ‘great work in his own unobtrusive way’.