Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough

Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (1736 – 12 October 1807),^[1] known as Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, from 1773 to 1776, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1807.

The Right Honourable The Lord Newborough
Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (Nathaniel Hone the Elder,1766)
Member of the Great Britain Parliament for Caernarvonshire
In office 1761–1774
Preceded by	Sir John Wynn
Succeeded by	Thomas Assheton Smith
Member of the Great Britain Parliament for St Ives with: Adam Drummond
In office 1775–1780
Preceded by	Adam Drummond William Praed
Succeeded by	William Praed Abel Smith
Member of the Great Britain Parliament for Beaumaris
In office 1796–1800
Preceded by	Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
Succeeded by	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament for Beaumaris
In office 1801–1807
Preceded by	Parliament of Great Britain
Succeeded by	Edward Pryce Lloyd
Personal details
Born	1736
Died	12 October 1807 (aged 68–69)
Spouses	Lady Catherine Perceval ​ ​ (m. 1766; died 1782)​ Maria Stella Chiappini ​ ​ (m. 1786)​
Children	Thomas Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough Spencer Bulkeley Wynn, 3rd Baron Newborough
Parent	Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
Occupation	Politician, peer

Career

Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet. He went to Italy on the "Grand Tour" in 1759–60.^[1] He sat as a Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire from 1761 to 1774, for St Ives from 1775 to 1780 and for Beaumaris from 1796 to 1807.^[2] He served as Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire between 1761 and 1781 and raised and commanded the Carnarvon Militia.^[2][3][4] Wynn succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1773 and in 1776 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Newborough, of Newborough.^[3]

Marriages and children

Plas Glynllifon - seat of the Lords Newborough

Lord Newborough married, firstly, Lady Catherine, daughter of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, in 1766. The couple had one child:^[3]

• Hon. John Wynn (27 April 1772 – 18 December 1800)

After Lady Catherine's death in 1782, Lord Newborough married, secondly, thirteen-year-old Maria Stella Petronilla, formally daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini (but maybe a member of the House of Orléans), in 1786; Maria Stella was born at Modigliana, near Forlì (Italy), in 1773. The couple had two sons:^[3]

• Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough (3 April 1802 – 15 November 1832)
• Spencer Bulkeley Wynn, 3rd Baron Newborough (23 May 1803 – 1 November 1888)^[5]

Lord Newborough died in October 1807 and was succeeded in his titles by his elder son from his second marriage, Thomas. Lady Newborough later remarried and died in 1843.^[3]

Notes

1. Harris & Hradsky, p. 47.
2. "WYNN, Thomas (1736-1807), of Glynnllivon, Caern. ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
3. Burke's: 'Newborough'.
4. Owen, pp. 47–8.
5. Nicholas, p. 358.

References

• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.
• John Harris; Robert Hradsky; Sir John Soane's Museum (15 June 2007). A passion for building: the amateur architect in England 1650-1850. Sir John Soane's Museum & National Tour. ISBN 9780954904166.
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Thomas Nicholas (1872). Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, Containing a Record of All Ranks of the Gentry, Their Lineage, Alliances, Appointments, Armorial Ensigns, and Residences ... Longmans.
• Bryn Owen, History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: 1: Anglesey and Caernarfonshire, Caernarfon: Palace Books, 1989, ISBN 1-871904-00-5.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir John Wynn	Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire 1761–1774	Succeeded by Thomas Assheton Smith
Preceded by Adam Drummond William Praed	Member of Parliament for St Ives 1775–1780 With: Adam Drummond	Succeeded by William Praed Abel Smith
Preceded by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn	Member of Parliament for Beaumaris 1796–1800	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Beaumaris 1801–1807	Succeeded by Edward Pryce Lloyd
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Cholmondeley	Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire 1761–1781	Succeeded by The Viscount Bulkeley
Preceded by Sir John Wynn, Bt	Custos Rotulorum of Caernarvonshire 1773–1781
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Baron Newborough 1776–1807	Succeeded by Thomas John Wynn
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by John Wynn	Baronet (of Bodvean) 1773–1807	Succeeded by Thomas John Wynn