Wyndham (name)

Wyndham is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Wyndhams of England[]

Arms of Wyndham: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or

The Wyndham or Wyndam family is descended from Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and of Felbrigg, Norfolk (1443–1503), and wife Lady Margaret Howard (1445–1484/1524), daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and first wife Catherine Moleyns. Succeeding generations have played an important role in English politics, the law, the military and the arts.

Branches of the family are styled variously as Earl of Egremont, Earl of Thomond and Baron Ibracken, Baron Wyndham, Baron Leconfield and Baron Egremont, Wyndham Baronets, of Trent, Wyndham Baronets, of Pilsden Court, and Wyndham Baronets, of Orchard Wyndham:

Arms of Wyndham, Baron Leconfield and Egremont: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or a bordure wavy of the last. These are the arms of Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham differenced by a bordure wavy, for the illegitimacy of the 1st Baron Leconfield

The senior line of the Wyndham family is today represented, despite its illegitimacy, by John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 7th Baron Leconfield, 2nd Baron Egremont, who lives at the family seat of Petworth House, Sussex.^{[citation needed]}

Notable Wyndhams include:

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg (c. 1466 – c. 1522), English sailor
Thomas Wyndham (Royal Navy officer) (1508–1554), English soldier and sailor
Sir John Wyndham (1558-1645) of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, English defence organiser; son of Florence Wadham, Lady Wyndham (died 1596)
Sir Hugh Wyndham (1602–1684), English judge
Sir Wadham Wyndham (judge) (1609–1668), English judge
Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet, of Orchard Wyndham (c. 1632–1683), English politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerset 1656–1658 and for Taunton 1660–1679
Thomas Wyndham (c. 1642-1689) of Witham Friary, Somerset, MP for Wells, Somerset
Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1667–1695), English politician
Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham (1681–1745) title in the Peerage of Ireland
Charles William Wyndham (1760–1828), English Member of Parliament (MP) for Midhurst 1790–95, New Shoreham 1795–1802, and Sussex 1807–1812
Sir Charles Wyndham (1638–1706), MP for Southampton (1679–1689 and 1689–1698) and St Ives (1698–1701)
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1687–1740), English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1713–1714
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (1710–1763), British peer
Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond (c. 1713–1774), MP and Irish peer
Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (1736–1819), British politician and topographer
Wadham Wyndham (army officer) (1737–1812), English colonel and bon vivant
William Windham (1750–1810), British Whig statesman
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751–1837), British peer
Dr Thomas Wyndham (1772-1862), English clergyman
Wadham Wyndham (parliamentarian) (1773–1843), MP for Salisbury 1818–1833, 1835–1843
George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield (1787–1869), British peer
Henry Wyndham (1790–1860), MP for West Cumberland 1857–1860
Wadham Wyndham (political supporter) (1793–1849), DL, JP, and political supporter
William Wyndham (1796-1862), MP for South Wiltshire 1852–1859
Charles Wyndham (1796-1866), English Member of Parliament for West Sussex 1841–1847
Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield (1830–1901), British peer
Percy Wyndham (1835–1911), British politician
Sir Hugh Wyndham (1836–1916), British diplomat
Lt-Colonel Alfred Wyndham (1836-1914), British and Canadian army officer, pioneering rancher in Ontario and Alberta, Canada
George Wyndham (1863–1913), British political figure and writer
Lt.-Col. Guy Wyndham (1865–1941), soldier
Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield (1872–1952), British peer
Dr. Sir Harold Wyndham (1903–1988), Australian educator and public servant
John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield (1920–1972), British peer
Francis Wyndham (1924–2017), British author and journalist, son of Lt Col Guy Wyndham
Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (born 1948), British author

Others with the surname[]

John Wyndham, pen name of English author John Wyndham Harris (1903–1969)
Charles Wyndham (actor) (1837–1919), English actor (who assumed the name) and founded Wyndham's Theatre in the West End
Frederick W. Wyndham (1853–1930), British actor and producer, managing director of Howard & Wyndham theatres in Scotland and England
Robert Henry Wyndham (1814–1894), British actor-manager, father of Frederick W. Wyndham
Victoria Wyndham (born 1945), Mexican-American actress
Valerie Wyndham, ring name of American professional wrestling valet Paige Mayo (born 1986)

People with the given name[]

Wyndham Cook (born 1943), Australian politician
Wyndham Davies (1926–1984), British politician
Wyndham Emery (1897–1969), Welsh rugby player
Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915), Scottish athlete
Wyndham Hazelton (1894–1958), English cricketer
Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), English author and artist
Wyndham Meredith Manning (1890–1967), South Carolina politician
Wyndham Robertson (1803–1888), governor of Virginia, 1836–1837
Wyndham Wise, Canadian film historian and critic
Martyn Wyndham-Read, musician

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