23-801: Williams-Wynn is a surname. It may refer to: Charles Williams-Wynn (1775–1850) , Secretary at War, second son of the 4th Baronet Charles Williams-Wynn (1822–1896) , his son Sir Henry Williams-Wynn (1783–1856), diplomat, third son of the 4th Baronet Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet (1860–1944), nephew and son-in-law of the 6th Baronet Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet (1692–1749) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (1749–1789) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet (1772–1840) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet (1820–1885) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet (1891–1949) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet (1862–1951), cousin of
46-641: A 'Legion' was an all-arms force, and soon after its formation the Montgomeryshire unit comprised three troops of Yeomanry cavalry each 40 strong, and 20 Companies of Volunteer infantry, with Watkins-Wynn as Lieutenant-Colonel -Commandant and commander of the legion's cavalry. The Volunteer Infantry were replaced by the Local Militia in 1808, but the cavalry troops carried on as the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry . These were disbanded in 1828, but in view of
69-658: A message which ensured the defeat of the Bill. He was appointed a Secretary of State when Pitt the Younger (his father's sister's son) formed his ministry in December 1783, but resigned only three days later. This was the shortest cabinet tenure until Michelle Donelan in 2022. In December 1784, Lord Temple was created Marquess of Buckingham . In November 1787, he was again appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, this time under Pitt, but his second tenure of this office proved less successful than
92-536: A single unit of part-time unit Yeomanry Cavalry or Volunteer Infantry for home defence and internal security duties. After the shortlived Peace of Amiens broke down in 1803, Williams-Wynn overcame the apathy and the county rapidly two formed Troops of Yeomanry cavalry by August 1803. Williams-Wynn took command as Major -Commandant By 2 November this had expanded into a large force, the Montgomeryshire Volunteer Legion . In contemporary terminology
115-553: The Duke of Wellington became Prime Minister in 1828, Williams-Wynn was not offered a position in the government. This drove him into opposition, and when the Whigs came to power in November 1830 under Lord Grey , Williams-Wynn was appointed Secretary at War , although without a seat in the cabinet. He only remained in this post until April of the following year, and held no other position during
138-601: The Order of St Patrick in February 1783, with himself as the first Grand Master. He left Ireland in 1783 and again turned his attention to English politics. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III , and having opposed Fox's East India Bill , he was authorised by the King to say that "whoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy",
161-406: The 8th Baronet Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet (1904–1988) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet (born 1940) See also [ edit ] Wynn-Williams [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Williams-Wynn . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
184-583: The House of Commons from 1680 to 1685. On his mother's side, he was the nephew of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville and George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham and the first cousin of Richard Temple-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos . Williams-Wynn was educated privately, at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford . He was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn , in 1798. At Westminster School Williams-Wynn became acquainted with
207-766: The House of Commons, acting on behalf of his cousin Lord Buckingham . However, the third party never materialised and the group instead joined the Tories . In January 1822 Williams-Wynn was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed President of the Board of Control , with a seat in the cabinet, in the Tory government of the Earl of Liverpool . He remained in this post also in the administrations of George Canning and Lord Goderich . However, when
230-616: The compound family name Nugent-Temple-Grenville. In 1782, Temple was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire and in July 1782, he became a member of the Privy Council and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of Lord Shelburne . He was instrumental in the enactment of the Renunciation Act of 1783, which supplemented the legislative independence granted to Ireland in 1782. As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and by Royal Warrant, he created
253-609: The disturbances in north-east Wales Williams-Wynn applied to reform the regiment in 1831. It saw service in 1838–39 during the Chartist riots . Williams-Wynn finally retired from the command in 1844 at the age of 77. In 1806 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in the Ministry of All the Talents led by his uncle Lord Grenville . He remained in this post until
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#1732851133529276-518: The first. Grattan denounced him for extravagance; the Irish Houses of Parliament censured him for refusing to transmit to England an address calling upon the Prince of Wales to assume the regency; and he could only maintain his position by resorting to bribery on a large scale. When his father-in-law died in 1788, Buckingham succeeded him as 2nd Earl Nugent . However, since he already held a marquessate, he
299-464: The government fell the following year. Williams-Wynn was an active member of parliament and considered an authority on the procedure of the House of Commons . This led him to be nominated for the post of Speaker of the House of Commons in 1817. However, he was defeated by Charles Manners-Sutton . During the late 1810s, Williams-Wynn was the leader of a group of MPs that tried to establish a third party in
322-602: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Williams-Wynn&oldid=1189189721 " Categories : Surnames Compound surnames Surnames of Welsh origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Charles Williams-Wynn (1775%E2%80%931850) Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn PC (9 October 1775 – 2 September 1850)
345-511: The poet Robert Southey , whom he later supported financially. In 1797 he was elected to parliament for the notorious rotten borough of Old Sarum , where he succeeded Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington . He resigned this seat in 1799, when he was elected for Montgomeryshire , which constituency he would represent for the next 51 years. During the French Revolutionary War Montgomeryshire had failed to raise
368-630: The three remaining years of the Whig government. In 1834 the Tories returned to office under Sir Robert Peel , and Wynn was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , but again was not a member of the cabinet. The Peel government fell already in April 1835 and Wynn never held office again. However, he was said to have thrice rejected the post of Governor-General of India . Wynn remained Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire until his death, and from 1847 to 1850 he
391-672: Was Father of the House of Commons ; at the time of his death, he was the final MP from the 18th century still in Parliament. He was elected as the first president, from 1823 to 1841, of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1827. Wynn married Mary Cunliffe, daughter of Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet and Harriet Kinloch, in 1806. They had seven children, two sons and five daughters. His eldest daughter Charlotte Williams-Wynn
414-482: Was a British politician of the early- to mid-19th century. He held office in both Tory and Whig administrations and was Father of the House of Commons between 1847 and 1850. Born into an ancient and grand Welsh family, Williams-Wynn was the second son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet , by his second wife Charlotte Grenville , daughter of Prime Minister George Grenville . His great-great-grandfather Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet , served as Speaker of
437-455: Was a British statesman. Grenville was the eldest son of George Grenville , Prime Minister of Great Britain , and his wife, the former Elizabeth Wyndham , daughter of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet . He was the nephew of Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (his father's elder brother), and the elder brother of Thomas Grenville and of William Grenville (later 1st Baron Grenville and also Prime Minister of Great Britain). In 1764, he
460-480: Was a well-known diarist; his son, also named Charles , followed him into Parliament. Williams-Wynn died in September 1850, aged 74. George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham , KG , KP , PC (17 June 1753 – 11 February 1813), known as George Grenville before 1779 and as The Earl Temple between 1779 and 1784,
483-591: Was appointed a Teller of the Exchequer . He was educated at Eton College from 1764 to 1770 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1770. In 1774 he undertook a Grand Tour through Italy and Austria. In 1775, he married the Hon. Mary Nugent, daughter of Robert Nugent, 1st Viscount Clare , and the following year his father-in-law Lord Clare was created Earl Nugent, with special remainder (in default of his own heirs male, of which he had none) to his new son-in-law. Grenville
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#1732851133529506-560: Was never known by this title. (His wife was, however, created Baroness Nugent in 1800, with special remainder to their second son, Lord George Nugent-Grenville.) Having become very unpopular, he resigned his office in September 1789. Buckingham subsequently took very little part in politics, although he spoke in favour of the Act of Union of 1800 . His wife died in 1812 and he died on 11 February 1813 at his residence, Stowe in Buckinghamshire. He
529-460: Was returned as Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire at the 1774 general election . In the House of Commons he emerged as a sharp critic of the American policy of Lord North . In September 1779, he succeeded his uncle as 3rd Earl Temple and moved to the House of Lords . The now Lord Temple also took the additional family names Nugent and Temple by Royal Warrant issued on 4 December making
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