Biography of Charles William Wyndham 1760-1828

On 12th March 1751 [his father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont [aged 40] and [his mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Egremont.

On 8th October 1760 Charles William Wyndham was born to [his father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont [aged 50] and [his mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 34].

On 21st August 1763 [his father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont [aged 53] died. His son [his brother] George [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Earl Egremont, 5th Baronet Wyndham of Orchard in Somerset.

In 1767 Charles William Wyndham [aged 6] educated at Westminster School [Map].

On 5th July 1771 [his brother-in-law] Henry Herbert 1st Earl Carnarvon [aged 29] and [his sister] Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and [his mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 45].

On 30th August 1776 [his brother-in-law] Charles Marsham 1st Earl Romney [aged 31] and [his sister] Frances Wyndham [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and [his mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 50].

On 30th March 1782 Georgiana Augusta Frederica Seymour was born to King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 19] and Grace Elliott. Alternatively she may have been the daughter of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 32]; both men claimed paternity. Paternity was also claimed by Charles William Wyndham [aged 21] among others. She married 21st September 1808 Charles Cavendish-Bentinck, son of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland and Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland.

In 1790 [his illegitimate daughter] Caroline Wyndham was born illegitimately to Charles William Wyndham [aged 29].

In 1790 Charles William Wyndham [aged 29] was elected MP Midhurst during the General Election.

In 1791 William Henry Lambton [aged 27] and [his future wife] Anne Barbara Frances Villiers [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 55] and [his future mother-in-law] Frances Twysden [aged 37].

On 16th November 1793 Robert Marsham 2nd Baron Romney [aged 81] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Charles [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Baron Romney, 7th Baronet Marsham of Cuckston in Kent. [his sister] Frances Wyndham [aged 38] by marriage Baroness Romney.

On 1st June 1794 [his mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont [aged 68] died.

In 1795 Charles William Wyndham [aged 34] was elected MP New Shoreham.

On 15th January 1795 [his sister] Frances Wyndham [aged 39] died.

In 1801 [his brother] George O'Brien Wyndham 3rd Earl Egremont [aged 49] and [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Ilive Countess Egremont [aged 32] were married. She by marriage Countess Egremont. He the son of [his father] Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and [his mother] Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont.

In 1801 Charles William Wyndham [aged 40] and Anne Barbara Frances Villiers [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 65] and Frances Twysden [aged 47]. He the son of Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl Egremont and Alicia Carpenter Countess Egremont. They were fifth cousins.

In 1802 Charles William Wyndham [aged 41] was elected MP Sussex.

On 23rd May 1804 [his brother-in-law] George Child-Villiers 5th Earl Jersey [aged 30] and Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey [aged 19] were married at Berkeley Square, Mayfair. She the daughter of John Fane 10th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 44] and Sarah Anne Child Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of [his father-in-law] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 68] and [his mother-in-law] Frances Twysden [aged 51].

On 22nd August 1805 [his father-in-law] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey [aged 70] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 32] succeeded 5th Earl Jersey, 8th Viscount Grandison, 5th Viscount Villiers, 5th Baron Villiers. Sarah Sophia Fane Countess Jersey [aged 20] by marriage Countess Jersey.

On 8th November 1808 [his son-in-law] FitzRoy Henry Richard Stanhope [aged 21] and [his illegitimate daughter] Caroline Wyndham [aged 18] were married. He the son of Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington [aged 55] and Jane Fleming Countess Harrington [aged 53].

On 29th November 1810 Henry William Paget 1st Marquess Anglesey [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 35] were divorced by an act of Parliament as a result of his having had an affair with Charlotte Cadogan Marchioness Anglesey [aged 29] whose husband Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 37] also sought a divorce.

On 29th November 1810, a month after her divorce, George William Campbell 6th Duke Argyll [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Caroline Elizabeth Villiers Duchess Argyll [aged 35] were married at Canongate Kirk. She by marriage Duchess Argyll. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] George Bussy Villiers 4th Earl Jersey and [his mother-in-law] Frances Twysden [aged 57]. He the son of John Campbell 5th Duke Argyll and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll.

On 1st January 1812 [his step-son] John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham [aged 19] and Harriet Cholmondeley [aged 22] were married at Gretna Green. She the illegitmate daughter of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley [aged 62] and Unamed Saint Albin.

On 9th December 1816 [his step-son] John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham [aged 24] and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham [aged 19] were married at Howick Hall, Northumberland [Map]. She the daughter of Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey [aged 52] and Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby Countess Grey [aged 40].

On 10th February 1826 [his sister] Elizabeth Alicia Maria Wyndham Countess Carnarvon [aged 73] died.

On 1st July 1828 Charles William Wyndham [aged 67] died.

In 1832 [his former wife] Anne Barbara Frances Villiers [aged 60] died.