Wyndham (name)

Wyndham is an English surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Wyndhams of England

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The Wyndham or Wyndam family is descended from Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and of Felbrigg, Norfolk (1443–1503), and wife Lady Margaret Howard (1445–1484/1524), daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and first wife Catherine Moleyns. Succeeding generations have played an important role in English politics, the law, the military and the arts.

Branches of the family are styled variously as Earl of Egremont, Earl of Thomond and Baron Ibracken, Baron Wyndham, Baron Leconfield and Baron Egremont, Wyndham Baronets, of Trent, Wyndham Baronets, of Pilsden Court, and Wyndham Baronets, of Orchard Wyndham:

The senior line of the Wyndham family is today represented, despite its illegitimacy, by John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 7th Baron Leconfield, 2nd Baron Egremont, who lives at the family seat of Petworth House, Sussex.^{[citation needed]}

Notable Wyndhams include:

Sir Thomas Wyndham of Felbrigg (c. 1466 – c. 1522), English sailor
Thomas Wyndham (Royal Navy officer) (1508–1554), English soldier and sailor
Sir John Wyndham (1558-1645) of Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, English defence organiser; son of Florence Wadham, Lady Wyndham (died 1596)
Sir Hugh Wyndham (judge) (1602–1684), English judge
Sir Wadham Wyndham (judge) (1609–1668), English judge
Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet, of Orchard Wyndham (c. 1632–1683), English politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerset 1656–1658 and for Taunton 1660–1679
Thomas Wyndham (c. 1642-1689) of Witham Friary, Somerset, MP for Wells, Somerset
Sir Edward Wyndham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1667–1695), English politician
Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham (1681–1745) title in the Peerage of Ireland
Charles William Wyndham (1760–1828), English Member of Parliament (MP) for Midhurst 1790–95, New Shoreham 1795–1802, and Sussex 1807–1812
Sir Charles Wyndham (1638–1706), MP for Southampton (1679–1689 and 1689–1698) and St Ives (1698–1701)
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1687–1740), English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1713–1714
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (1710–1763), British peer
Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond (c. 1713–1774), MP and Irish peer
Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (1736–1819), British politician and topographer
Wadham Wyndham (army officer) (1737–1812), English colonel and bon vivant
William Windham (1750–1810), British Whig statesman
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751–1837), British peer
Dr Thomas Wyndham (1772-1862), English clergyman
Wadham Wyndham (parliamentarian) (1773–1843), MP for Salisbury 1818–1833, 1835–1843
George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield (1787–1869), British peer
Henry Wyndham (1790–1860), MP for West Cumberland 1857–1860
Wadham Wyndham (political supporter) (1793–1849), DL, JP, and political supporter
William Wyndham (1796-1862), MP for South Wiltshire 1852–1859
Charles Wyndham (1796-1866), English Member of Parliament for West Sussex 1841–1847
Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield (1830–1901), British peer
Percy Wyndham (1835–1911), British politician
Sir Hugh Wyndham (1836–1916), British diplomat
Lt-Colonel Alfred Wyndham (1836-1914), British and Canadian army officer, pioneering rancher in Ontario and Alberta, Canada
George Wyndham (1863–1913), British political figure and writer
Lt.-Col. Guy Wyndham (1865–1941), soldier
Charles Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield (1872–1952), British peer
Dr. Sir Harold Wyndham (1903–1988), Australian educator and public servant
John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield (1920–1972), British peer
Francis Wyndham (1924–2017), British author and journalist, son of Lt Col Guy Wyndham
Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont (born 1948), British author

Others with the surname

Anne Wyndham (born 1951), American television actress
Charles Wyndham (actor) (1837–1919), English actor (who assumed the name) and founded Wyndham's Theatre in the West End
Dennis Wyndham (1887–1973), South African-born actor in Britain
Frederick W. Wyndham (1853–1930), British actor and producer, managing director of Howard & Wyndham theatres in Scotland and England
John Wyndham, pen name of English author John Wyndham Harris (1903–1969)
Martyn Wyndham-Read, musician
Robert Henry Wyndham (1814–1894), British actor-manager, father of Frederick W. Wyndham
Valerie Wyndham, ring name of American professional wrestling valet Paige Mayo (born 1986)
Victoria Wyndham (born 1945), Mexican-American actress

People with the given name

Wyndham Albery (1882–1940), British politician and accountant
Wyndham Childs (1876–1946), British Army officer
Wyndham Clark (born 1993), American golfer
Wyndham Cook (born 1943), Australian politician
Wyndham Davies (1926–1984), British politician
Wyndham Deedes (1883–1956), British Army officer and civil administrator
Wyndham Dunstan (1861–1949), British chemist
Wyndham Edwards (1892–1961), Welsh gymnast
Wyndham Emery (1897–1969), Welsh rugby player
Wyndham Evans (born 1951), Welsh footballer and manager
Wyndham Evanson (1851–1934), England international rugby union player
Wyndham Gittens (1885–1967), West Indian screenwriter
Wyndham Goldie (1897–1957), English actor
Wyndham Goold (1812–1854), British politician
Wyndham Guise (1859–1934), British actor
Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915), Scottish athlete
Wyndham Harding (1817–1855), English civil engineer and philanthropist
Wyndham Hazelton (1894–1958), English cricketer
Wyndham Hill-Smith (1909–1990), Australian cricketer and wine-maker
Wyndham Knatchbull (1844–1917), British barrister and politician
Wyndham Knatchbull (Arabic scholar) (1795 or 1796–1868), British clergyman and academic
Wyndham Knatchbull-Hugessen, 3rd Baron Brabourne (1885–1915), British peer and serviceman
Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham (1737–1763), British baronet and Whig politician
Wyndham Charles Knight (1863–1942), British general officer
Wyndham William Knight (1828–1918), English cricketer
Wyndham Lathem (born 1974), American microbiologist and convicted murderer
Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), English author and artist
Wyndham Lewis (politician) (1780–1838), British politician
Wyndham Meredith Manning (1890–1967), South Carolina politician
Wyndham Payne (1888–1974), English artist and illustrator
Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal (1885–1949), British politician
Wyndham Robertson (1803–1888), American politician
Wyndham Standing (1880–1963), English actor
Wyndham St. John (1959–2023), Canadian equestrian
Wyndham Thomas (1911–1992), English cricketer
Wyndham Wise, Canadian film historian and critic

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