Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham

Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Baronet (16 February 1737 – 26 September 1763)[1] was a British baronet and Whig politician.

Born in Golden Square in Middlesex, he was the only son of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 5th Baronet and his wife Catharine, daughter of James Harris.[2] In 1749, aged only twelve, Knatchbull-Wyndham succeeded his father as baronet.[3] He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford until 1757 and began then his Grand Tour.[4] After his return in 1760, he entered the British House of Commons, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kent in the following three years.[4] In Parliament he voted against the Treaty of Paris (1763).[4] Knatchbull-Wyndham died, aged 26, unmarried and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his uncle Edward Knatchbull.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsK.htm. Retrieved 22 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "ThePeerage - Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Bt". http://www.thepeerage.com/p14827.htm#i148263. Retrieved 10 April 2007. 
  3. ^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 158. 
  4. ^ a b c Sir Lewis Namier, John Brooke, ed (2002). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. vol. II. London: Secker & Warburg. pp. 12–13. 
  5. ^ Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson. ed. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. I. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 403. 
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Robert Fairfax
Lewis Watson		 Member of Parliament for Kent
1760 – 1763
With: Robert Fairfax		 Succeeded by
Sir Brook Bridges, Bt
Robert Fairfax
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham		 Baronet
 (of Mersham Hatch)
1749 – 1763		 Succeeded by
Edward Knatchbull