Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond

Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond (c. 1713 – 1774) was a British Member of Parliament, Irish peer and the younger son of Tory statesman Sir William Wyndham and brother to Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont.

In 1741, Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond died without issue and in his will left the entire Irish estates of the Earls of Thomond to his nephew Percy Wyndham, the younger son of his wife's sister. In compliance with the terms of his inheritance, Percy took the additional name of O'Brien and was created Earl of Thomond and Baron Ibracken in the second creation on 11 December 1756.

He was MP for the constituency of Taunton in Somerset from 1745 to 1747 when he was succeeded by his brother Sir Charles Wyndham.

When Percy died unmarried and without issue in 1774 the title again became extinct. The lands passed to his nephew George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont of Petworth House.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir John Chapman, Bt
John Buck
Member of Parliament for Taunton
with Sir John Chapman, Bt

1745–1747
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Wyndham
Robert Webb
Preceded by
Thomas Carew
John Periam
Member of Parliament for Minehead
with Charles Whitworth

1747–1754
Succeeded by
Charles Whitworth
Daniel Boone
Preceded by
Sir John Mordaunt
William Finch
Member of Parliament for Cockermouth
with Sir John Mordaunt

1754–1761
Succeeded by
Sir John Mordaunt
Charles Jenkinson
Preceded by
Arnold Nesbitt
Thomas Orby Hunter
Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
with Thomas Orby Hunter

1761
Succeeded by
Thomas Orby Hunter
Thomas Sewell
Preceded by
Charles Whitworth
Daniel Boone
Member of Parliament for Minehead
with Henry Shiffner

1761–1768
Succeeded by
Henry Fownes-Luttrell
Sir Charles Whitworth
Preceded by
Thomas Orby Hunter
Thomas Sewell
Member of Parliament for Winchelsea
with Thomas Orby Hunter 1768–1770
Arnold Nesbitt 1770–1774

1768–1774
Succeeded by
Arnold Nesbitt
William Nedham
Political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Bateman
Treasurer of the Household
1757–1761
Succeeded by
The Earl of Powis
Preceded by
James Grenville
Cofferer of the Household
1761–1765
Succeeded by
The Earl of Scarbrough
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl Poulett
Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
1764–1774
Succeeded by
Lord North
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Thomond
1756–1774
Extinct