A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wyndham, George
EGREMONT, Earl of. (Captain, 1812.)
The Right Honourable George Earl of Egremont was born in Oct. 1786, and died 2 April, 1845. He was eldest son of the late Hon. Wm. Fred. Wyndham, by Frances Mary Harford, daughter of Fred. Calvert, Lord Baltimore. His uncle, whom he succeeded as fourth Earl 11 Nov. 1837, was Lord Lieutenant, Custos Rotulorum, and Vice-Admiral of co. Sussex.
This officer obtained his first commission 7 July, 1806; became a Commander 30 April, 1810; was very actively employed, towards the close of 1811, in the Hawke brig, on the Cherbourg station; obtained Post-rank 3 July, 1812; and subsequently commanded the Bristol troop-ship, in the Mediterranean.
He married, 14 Nov. 1820, Jane, third daughter of the Rev. Wm. Roberts, Vice-Provost of Eton College, and sister of Capt. John Walter Roberts, R.N. Dying without issue, his title is now extinct.