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Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet

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constituency, and tried unsuccessfully to gain the seat in the following two elections in 1886 (when he lost by only 0.4 per cent) and 1892. He was
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for service in South Africa, under the auspices of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. For this he was appointed Companion of the
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Williams-Wynn was born on 6 June 1860, the second (and eldest surviving) son of Colonel Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn,
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from May to November 1885, when the constituency was abolished. He lost the subsequent election for the new
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On 26 August 1884 Williams-Wynn married his cousin Louise Alexandra Williams-Wynn (1864–1911), daughter of
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and the sole heiress of the Wynnstay estate. They were divorced in 1898, having had three children:
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in 1908 he became president of the Montgomeryshire Territorial Association and was awarded the
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of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry when he retired from the command in 1907. When the
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Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet, born 25 January 1891, died 9 May 1949
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7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
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Constance Mary, born 20 September 1895, married Major Guy Mostyn–Owen,
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He died on 24 May 1944 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son.
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Gwladys Elin, born 4 September 1885, married Major Walter Kynaston, TD
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During World War I, he established a munitions factory on the
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contributions in Parliament by Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies
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Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
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Index


CB
Welsh
Yeomanry
MP
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet
Member of Parliament
Denbighshire
East Denbighshire
High Sheriff of Denbighshire
Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
lieutenant
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
captain
major
lieutenant-colonel
Second Boer War
Imperial Yeomanry
Order of the Bath
1902 Coronation Honours
colonel
Honorary Colonel
Yeomanry
Territorial Force
Territorial Decoration
7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
Wynnstay
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet
12th Lancers

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