Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet

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Sir David Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet (born 1940) is among the most important members of the surviving Welsh nobility and is the closest known living heir of the old Royal House of Aberffraw, the former ruling family of the Kingdom of Gwynedd who were deposed in 1282. This family can trace their ancestry back to the rulers of Iron Age Britain.

His direct ancestors, the Williams family, were an important parliamentary and landowning family from Denbighshire, north Wales, who in the 17th Century married into the famous Wynn family of Gwydir, the direct patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, king of Gwynedd 1137–1170 and the only surviving branch of that dynasty. On the death of Sir John Wynn in 1719 they inherited the Wynnstay estate and took the "Wynn" family name (thought to be derived from Gwynedd)

He is known to continue to reside in Gwynedd and to take an active part in local and country life. In particular he was President of the Denbigh & Flint Agricultural Show in 1992 [1].

It is claimed by some that there are living relatives of the Wynn family living in the United States who claim to be descended from either an Owen Wynn or a Hugh Wynn who supposedly emigrated there in the 17th Century. However, the sources for both these claims are considered to be very unreliable and probably later constructions [2]. Certainly, if there were any sons or grandsons of Owen Wynn alive in 1719 then they would have inherited the Baronetcy. No one made any such claim so it seems most likely that there were no surviving sons or grandsons of Owen Wynn living in New England.