Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham Explained

Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Baronet (16 February 1737  - 26 September 1763)^[1] was a British baronet and Whig politician.

Born in Golden Square in Middlesex, he was the only son of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 5th Baronet and his wife Catharine, daughter of James Harris.^[2] In 1749, aged only twelve, Knatchbull-Wyndham succeeded his father as baronet.^[3] He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford until 1757 and began then his Grand Tour.^[4] After his return in 1760, he entered the British House of Commons, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kent in the following three years.^[4] In Parliament he voted against the Treaty of Paris (1763).^[4] Knatchbull-Wyndham died, aged 26, unmarried and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his uncle Edward Knatchbull.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225124/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsK.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 22 December 2009 .
2. Web site: ThePeerage - Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 6th Bt . 10 April 2007 .
3. Book: Debrett, John . G. Woodfall . 5th . Debrett's Baronetage of England . I . 1824 . London . 158 .
4. Book: Sir Lewis Namier, John Brooke . The House of Commons, 1754-1790 . II . Secker & Warburg . London . 2002 . 12–13 .
5. Book: Kimber, Edward . Edward Kimber

   . Edward Kimber . Thomas Wotton . Richard Johnson . The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets . I . 1771 . London . 403 .