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Henry Wynn MP (abt. 1602 - 1671)

Henry Wynn MP
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Biography

Henry was born about 1602. He was the son of John Wynn and Sidney Gerrard. He passed away in 1671.[1]

Henry Wynn (c. 1602 – 27 July 1671) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1671.

c1625 Henry Wynn son of John Wynn married Catherine Lloyd, daughter of Ellis Lloyd of Rhiwgogh. Henry and Catherine had a son called John who was born in 1628[2]

He was admitted to Inner Temple in November 1618. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Merioneth and was re-elected in 1625. He was called to the bar in 1629.

In April 1640, Wynn was elected MP for Merioneth again in the Short Parliament.

In 1661, Wynn was elected MP for Merioneth in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1671.

He died at the age of 69 and is commemorated by a monument in Wynnstay Chapel, Ruabon Church.[3][4]


Sources

  1. "History of Parliament"(http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1660-1690/member/wynn-henry-1602-71)
  2. "History of Parliament"(http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1660-1690/member/wynn-sir-john-1628-1719)
  3. "History of Parliament"(http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1660-1690/member/wynn-henry-1602-71)
  4. Henry Wynn Wikipedia
  • Wikidata: Item Q5730591 help.gif
  • WYNN, Henry (c.1602-71), of Figtree Court, Inner Temple and Rhiwgoch, Merion. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983 Available from Boydell and Brewer. Authors: Leonard Naylor / Geoffrey Jaggar




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