William Wynne (judge)

Sir William Wynne (1729–1815) was an English judge and academic, Dean of the Arches 1788 to 1809, and Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1803.

[1] The son of John Wynne and his wife Anne Pugh, he matriculated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1747, graduating LL.B.

[1][2] Wynne was admitted as an advocate of the Court of Arches in 1757, where his practice was largely on marriage and probate matters.

He contested unsuccessfully the 1764 election for the Master of his college, losing out to Sir James Marriott.

In 1803 he was elected Master, and made improvements in the College.