Owen Wynne (1723–1789)

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Owen Wynne (1723 – 18 March 1789) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He sat in the House of Commons of Ireland from 1749 to 1789.[1]

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He was an MP for Sligo County from 1749 to 1778, and for Sligo Borough from 1776 until 1789.[1]

Wynne was a prominent landowner in Co. Leitrim and Co. Sligo. His main residence was Hazelwood House, Co. Sligo. However, he spent a good deal of time in Dublin due to his parliamentary responsibilities and had a house on Henrietta Street.[2] His great uncle Owen Wynne (1665-1737) was a prominent soldier and politician and had purchased the estates in Co. Sligo to add to the family's existing estates in Co. Leitrim. He then built Hazelwood House.[3]

Wynne married Anne Maxwell, the sister of the first Earl of Farnham, on 13th December 1754. They had six sons and three daughters. The senior Wynne line of Hazelwood House died out in 1910 with the death of Owen Wynne VI (1843-1910) with no male heirs. However, the wider family continued to flourish through the descendants of Wynne's younger sons. These descendants include General Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne, Archdeacon George Robert Wynne, Gladys Wynne, Canon Billy Wynne and Kathleen Lynn.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Biographies of Members of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800: Wynne, Owen". Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ^ Guthrie Jones, Winston (1994). The Wynnes of Sligo and Leitrim. Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim: Drumlin Publications. pp. 44–45. ISBN 1873437072.
  3. ^ Guthrie-Jones, p.26-31
  4. ^ Burkes Irish Family Records. London: Burkes Peerage. 1976. pp. 1227–1231.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sligo County
1749–1778
With: Joshua Cooper to 1757
1757–61
Sir Edward King, 5th Bt 1761–65
Paul Annesley Gore 1765–68
Joshua Cooper II from 1768 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Sligo Borough
1776–1789
With: Richard Hely-Hutchinson 1776–83
John Foster 1783
Thomas Dawson from 1783 		Succeeded by
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