Wyndham

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Wyndham can refer to:

[edit] The Wyndham family

The Wyndham family are descended from Sir John Wyndham (1443-1503) and his wife Margaret (1443-1524) daughter of John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, a direct descendant of Edward I. 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 of Finglass, Baron Leconfield and Baron Egremont, Wyndham Baronets of Trent, Wyndham Baronets of Pilsden Court, and Wyndham Baronets of Orchard Wyndham:

The Wyndham family is today represented by Max Wyndham, Baron Egremont who lives at the family seat of Petworth House in Sussex.

Notable Wyndhams include:

• Sir John Wyndham (1558-1645), English defence organiser
• Sir Hugh Wyndham, (1602-1684), English judge
• Sir Wadham Wyndham, (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.
• Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1667–1695), English politician
• Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham of Finglass, (1681-1745) title in the Peerage of Ireland
• Sir Charles Wyndham (1638-1706), MP for 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
• Colonel Wadham Wyndham, (1737-1812), English army officer and bon vivant
• William Windham, (1750-1810), British Whig statesman
• George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837), British peer
• Wadham Wyndham (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 [1]
• Wadham Wyndham (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 minister to Brazil
• 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
• John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield (1920-1972), British peer
• Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (b. 1948), British author

[edit] See also

Other people with the last name of Wyndham

• John Wyndham (1903-1969), English author (nom de plume)
• Charles Wyndham (actor) (1837-1919), English actor (who assumed the name) and founded Wyndham's Theatre in the West End
• Victoria Wyndham (b. 1945), Mexican-American actress
• Valerie Wyndham (b. 1986), American professional wrestling valet
• Dr Jeremy Wyndham (1956-2003), doctor of physics and author

People with the first name of Wyndham

• Wyndham Davies (1926-1984), British politician
• Wyndham Halswelle (1882-1915), Scottish athlete
• 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

Localities

• City of Wyndham in Victoria, Australia
• Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley in Western Australia
• Wyndham, Western Australia
• Wyndham, New Zealand in Southland, New Zealand
• Wyndham Hills in Ontario, Canada
• Wyndham, Virginia in the United States

Other

• Wyndham Worldwide, owner of several international hotel brands
• Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, a luxury hotel chain found all over the world owned by Wyndham Worldwide
• Wyndham College, a senior high school in Sydney, Australia
• Wyndham school, a comprehensive school in Egremont, Cumbria, England
• Wyndham is the name of a privately owned mansion in Newport, Rhode Island.