| The Right Honourable The Lord Wyndham PC |
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| Lord Chancellor of Ireland | |
| In office 1726–1739 |
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| Monarch | George I George II |
| Preceded by | Richard West |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Jocelyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1681 |
| Died | 14 November 1745 Wiltshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Unmarried |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham PC (27 December 1681-14 November 1745), was an Irish lawyer and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1726 to 1739.
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Wyndham was the son of Colonel John Wyndham and his wife Alice Fownes. His grandfather was the distinguished restoration judge Sir Wadham Wyndham.[1] He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn.[2]
Wyndham served as Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas from 1724 to 1726[2] and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1724.[3] In 1726 he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, a post he held until 1739.[1][2] In 1731 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Wyndham, of Finglass in the County of Dublin.[1]
Lord Wyndham never married.[1] He died in Wiltshire on 24 November 1745, aged 63, and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral.[2] The barony died with him.[1]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Richard West |
Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1726–1739 |
Succeeded by The Viscount Jocelyn |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Baron Wyndham 1731–1745 |
Extinct |