William Wyndham (1796–1862)

[1] Wyndham was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and was commissioned into the Wiltshire Yeomanry.

[1] They had eight children, William (1834), Edmund (1835), Ellen (1836), Arthur (1837), Wadham (1838–1847), Hugh (1839), Thomas Heathcote (1845), and Laetitia.

Dod's Parliamentary Companion described him as "of old Whig principles, inclining to Conservatism."

When he died in 1862, he left most of his property to his eldest son, William Wyndham (1834–1914).

[1] The Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette said in a short obituary that he was "a fine specimen of the old English type of gentleman... a thorough sportsman, and a man truly respected and beloved by all who knew him.