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See also:WYNDHAM, See also:SIR See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM, See also:BART . (1687—1740), See also:English politician, was the only son of Sir See also:Edward Wyndham, Bart., and a See also:grandson of William Wyndham (d. 1683) of See also:Orchard Wyndham, See also:Somerset, who was created a See also:baronet in 1661. Educated at See also:Eton and at See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, he entered See also:parliament in 1710 and became secretary-at-See also:war in the Tory See also:ministry in 1712 and See also:chancellor of the See also:exchequer in 1713. He was closely associated with See also:Lord See also:Bolingbroke, and he was privy to the attempts made to bring about a Jacobite restoration on the See also:death of See also:Queen See also:Anne; when these failed he was dismissed from See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office. In 1715 the failure of a Jacobite See also:movement led to his imprisonment, but he was soon set at See also:liberty. Under See also:George I. Wyndham was the See also:leader of the opposition in the See also:House of See also:Commons, fighting for his High Church and Tory principles against Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole. He was in See also:constant communication with the exiled Bolingbroke, and after 1723 the two were actively associated in abortive plans for the overthrow of Walpole. He died at See also:Wells on the 17th of See also:June 1740. Wyndham's first wife was See also:Catherine, daughter of See also:Charles See also:Seymour, 6th See also:duke of Somerset. By her he had two sons, Charles, who became 2nd See also:earl of See also:Egremont in 1750, and See also:Percy, who took the name of O'Brien and was created earl of See also:Thomond in 1756.
The Wyndham See also:Family. Sir See also:John Wyndham, a See also:Norfolk See also:man, was knighted after the See also:battle of Stoke in 1487 and beheaded for high See also:treason on the 2nd of May 1502. He married See also:Margaret, daughter of John See also:Howard, duke of Norfolk, and his son Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Wyndham (d. 1521), of Felbrigg, Norfolk, was See also:vice-See also:admiral of See also:England under See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. By his first wife Sir Thomas was the See also:father of Sir John Wyndham, who married See also:Elizabeth, daughter of John See also:Sydenham of Orchard, Somerset, and founded the Somerset See also:branch of the family, and also of Sir See also:Edmund Wyndham of Felbrigg, who was See also:sheriff of Norfolk at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of Robert See also:Ket's See also:rebellion. By his second wife Sir Thomas was the father of the See also:seaman Thomas Wyndham (c. 1510—1553), an See also:account of whose voyage to See also:Morocco in 1552 is printed in See also:Hakluyt's Voyages.
From Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham was descended Thomas Wyndham (1681—1745), lord chancellor of See also:Ireland from 1726 to 1739, who in 1731 was created See also:Baron Wyndham of Finglass, a See also:title which became See also:extinct on his death. His See also:nephew, Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (1736—1819), the topographer, wrote A See also:Gentleman's Tour through See also:Monmouthshire and See also:Wales in June and See also:July 1974 (1775); and See also:Wiltshire from Domes-See also:day See also:Book, with a See also:Translation of the See also:Original Latin into English (See also:Salisbury, 1788).
Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham was also the ancestor of the Windhams of Felbrigg, who adopted this See also:form of spelling the family name, the most noteworthy members of which were the statesman William See also:Windham (q.v.), and Sir Charles Ash Windham (1810-1870), a soldier who commanded in the See also:Crimea and in the See also:Indian See also:Mutiny.
The Wyndhams are also connected through a See also:female See also:line with the family of Wyndham-See also:Quin, which holds the earldom of Dun-See also:raven. See also:Valentine See also:Richard Quin (1752—1824), of Adare, See also:county See also:Limerick, was created Baron Adare on the See also:union with England in 1800, and earl of Dunraven and See also:Mount-Earl in 1822. His son, the 2nd earl (1782—185o), married See also:Caroline (d. 187o), daughter and heiress of Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven See also:Castle, Glamorgan-See also:shire, and took the name of Wyndham-Quin. Their son, the 3rd earl (1812—1871), who was created a peer of the See also:United See also:Kingdom as Baron Kenry in 1866, was a well-known man of See also:science, especially interested in See also:archaeology. His son, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin (b. 1841), the 4th earl, was under-secretary for the colonies in 1885—1887, and became later a prominent figure in Irish politics, as chairman of the Irish See also:Land See also:Conference and See also:president of the Irish Reform Association;
he was also prominent as a yachtsman, competing for the See also:America See also:cup (see See also:YACHTING) in 1893 and 1895.
End of Article: WYNDHAM, SIR WILLIAM, BART
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