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206 WBOTTKBLBY — WTNPHAH. IL 1841. 2, John (Wbottiblit), Barom WBain8LiT,(*) Ist & and b., by firat wife ; 6. 6 Aug. 1798. at WrottMley Hall ; ed at Westm. School, and at Ch Ch., Oxford; B.A., and 1st daw Math. 1819; M.A., 1823; Barriatcr (Line. Inn) 1823 ; mtc io th4 peerage, 16 March 1841 ; President of ih% Royal Society, 1864-67 ; one of the Founders of the Royal Astronomical Society ; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch., 1860-67 ; er. RCL. of Oxford, 2 July 1860 ; was a Charity Commissioner. He m., 28 July 1821, Sophk Blinbeth, 8d da. of Thomas GiyTABD, of ChiUington, co. Stafford, by Charlotte, sister and coheir of William (OoDBTiiiAT), Eabl 09 Dbvom. He d. 27 Oct. 1867, at Wrottesley Hall, aged 69.(<>) His widow d. 18 Jan. 1880, aged 88. IlL 1867. S. Arthur (Wrottsslby), Baron WRomsLBT [1838](*) and a Baronet [1642] 1st s. and h. ; (. 17 June 1824, in Powts place, London ; ed. at Rugby and at Ch. Ch., Oxford ; B.A., 1846 ; Major 2d Staff Militia, 1866-71 i iudo ike peerage, 22 Oct 1867 ; was a Lord in waiting, 1869-74 and 1880-86 ; L.-Lieut. o( SUffordshire, 1871-87. He m. 18 July 1861, at St Martin's in the Fields, Augusu ElixHbeth, 4th da. of Albert Denison (Dbnibon, formerljf Cohtnoham), 1st Babom I^ONDiSBORooau, by his first wife, Henrietta Maria, da. of Cecil (Wbld-Forktib) Ist Barom Forutkr or Wiixkt Park. She, who was k April 1841, d, 20 Jan. 1887, after a long illness^ at Wrottesley Hall.=f= Family Atelcs.— These, in 1887, consisted of 6,786 scree in Staffordshire, worth £11,021 a year. Principal Seat, — Wrottesley hall, near WoWerhampton oo. Stafford. WYCOMBR i.e., Wtoombb, or Chippikg(<^) Wtooicbb, oo. Buckingham, Barony Vmrnformedy Fik-Maurioi) cr. 1760 ; see '* Shblburni," Earldom [I.], er. 1768. t.6., " Wtoombb of Chrppiko(«) Wtoombi," Earldom (Pbtty formerly Fin Mauriok) cr. 1784 with the Marqdisbatb of Lansdowni, which see. •'.«., <<WsKDOVBB OF Chbpfiko Wtcombb,(<') CO. Buckingham," Visoountcj (Csnn^toa, afterwards IFyan-Carrin^ton) cr. 1896, with the Earldom 09 Carrimqtoh, which see, in the Addenda, WYMONDLEY. I.6., "Alikgton op Wtmondlby, 00. Hertford," Barony (AUngUm cr. 1682 ; see *< AuMcnoii of Horsshbath," Barony [I.], er. 1642, under the 8d Baron ; both titles extintt 1728. WYNDESORE, see Windsob. WYNDHAM OF FINGLASS. Barony [1.] i. Thomas Wtndham, 4th and yat, but 2d surv., a. of I 1731 ^^ ^^° Wtmdbam, of Norrington, Wilt8,(<A) by Alice, da. of to ' ^^n»* FowHER, was 6. 27 Dec 1681 ; ed. at Salisbury school and at yrjAK Wadham College, Oxford ; matrio. 17 Not. 1608, aged 16 ; atudent ^'^^' of Lincolns Inn, 11 Julj 1698 ; Barrister, 9 May 1706 ; Recorder of Sarum, 1706 ; Ch. Justice (if the Court of Common Pleas of IreUnd, (»| See p. 206, note *" c." n He wss well known for his scientific and astronomical attainments. In politics he wss a whig. n So spelt m the patent, but generally known as " Chipping Wycombe." (^) This John was br. of William, ancestor of the Wyndhams of Dynton, Wilts (now, 1897, the heirs msle of the family) both being sons of Sir Wadham Wyndham, one of the Justices of the King's Bench (1660-68) and grandsons of John Wyndham' by Florence, sister of Nicholas Wadham, Founder of Wadham College, Oxfurd. See a aeries of most interesting memoranda as to the Salisbury branch of the Wyndham family in the *• Mie. Qen ei Btr," 2d S., ir., pp. 8687, 64-66, and 78-80.