Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont

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Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont PC (1710 – 21 August 1763), a son of Sir William Wyndham, succeeded his uncle, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as 2nd Earl of Egremont in 1750. Charles, who had succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1740, inherited Somerset's estates in Cumberland and Sussex.

Wyndham was a member of Parliament from 1734 to 1750, and in October 1761 he was appointed Secretary of State for the Southern Department in succession to William Pitt. His term of office, during which he acted in concert with his brother-in-law, George Grenville, was mainly occupied with the declaration of war on Spain and with the negotiations for peace with France and Spain, the terms of which the earl seems to have disliked. He was also involved with the proceedings against John Wilkes. He died on 21 August 1763. Horace Walpole perhaps rates Egremont's talents too low when he says he had neither knowledge of business, nor the smallest share of parliamentary abilities.

Preceded by The Viscount Lonsdale	Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland 1751–1759	Succeeded by Sir James Lowther, Bt
	Custos Rotulorum of Cumberland 1751–1763
Preceded by Sir James Lowther, Bt	Vice-Admiral of Cumberland 1755–1763	Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by William Pitt	Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1761–1763	Succeeded by The Earl of Halifax
Preceded by The Duke of Newcastle	Lord Lieutenant of Sussex 1762–1763	Succeeded by The Duke of Richmond

Preceded by William Wyndham	Wyndham Baronet 1740–1763	Succeeded by George Wyndham
Preceded by Algernon Seymour	Earl of Egremont 1750–1763

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.