Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet

Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet (ca.

William Wyndham was the eldest son of John Wyndham (d. 1649) and grandson of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham (a descendant of Lady Margaret Howard, a younger daughter of the 1st Duke of Norfolk), by his wife Catherine Hopton, daughter of Robert Hopton of Witham, Somerset.

He succeeded his father in 1649 when a student of Lincoln's Inn and travelled abroad from 1650 to 1653.

In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Taunton for the Cavalier Parliament.

Wyndham married Frances Hungerford, daughter of Anthony Hungerford of Farleigh Castle, Somerset on 8 June 1653 and had five sons and six daughters[1] including:

Orchard Wyndham: Sir William Wyndham Bt's birthplace
Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet (1633–1683), portrait late 1670s, studio of Sir Peter Lely (1618–1680). Collection of National Trust, Petworth House , Sussex.
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