Person:Watkin Williams-Wynn (1)

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Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet
b.1692
d.26 Sep 1749
m. 1689
  1. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet1692 - 1749
  2. Sydney Williams - 1751
m. 16 Jul 1748
  1. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet1749 - 1789
Facts and Events
Name Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1692
Marriage 16 Jul 1748 to Frances Shakerley
Alt Death[2] 23 Sep 1749
Death[1] 26 Sep 1749
Reference Number? Q7529420?


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Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet (c. 169226 September 1749) was a Welsh politician and landowner who sat in the British House of Commons from 1716 to 1749, when he died in office. A member of the Tory party, he was also a prominent Jacobite sympathiser. He helped engineer the downfall of Prime Minister Robert Walpole in 1742 and engaged in negotiations with the exiled Stuarts prior to the Jacobite rising of 1745 but did not participate in the rebellion himself. Watkin died in a hunting accident in 1749.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cokayne, George Edward. Complete baronetage, 1611-1800. (Exeter [England]: W. Pollard, 1900-1906)
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