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Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, PC (19 August 1710 – 21 August 1763), of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, Petworth House in Sussex, and of Egremont House in Mayfair, London, was a British statesman who served as Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1761 to 1763.
Son of Sir William Wyndham, MP, 3rd Baronet and Catherine Seymour Wyndham. Husband of Alicia Maria von Brühl. Father of George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, FRS; Elisabeth Wyndham Herbert of Carnarvon; Frances Wyndham Marsham; William Frederick Wyndham, Lord of Egremont; Hon. Charles William Wyndham and 1 other.
- August 19, 1710
- August 21, 1763
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (1710 - 21 August 1763), a son of Sir William Wyndham, succeeded his uncle, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as 2nd Earl of Egremont in 1750. Charles, who had succeeded to his fathers baronetcy in 1740, inherited Somersets estates in Cumberland and Sussex.
Early life. Wyndham was born on 18 December 1751 the eldest son and heir of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (1710-1763) of Orchard Wyndham and Petworth House, by his wife Hon. Alicia Maria Carpenter, daughter of George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter of Killaghy, by his wife Elizabeth Petty. [1]
In 1750 Sir Charles Wyndham succeeded according to the special remainder as second Earl of Egremont on the death of his uncle. His younger brother Percy Wyndham-O'Brien was created Earl of Thomond in 1756.
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, son of Sir William Wyndham. Politician. 1710-1763. published 1 May 1799
The Egremont papers consist of official, semi-official and private papers of Charles Wyndham, second Earl of Egremont, dating largely from his time as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, 1761-1763. A few predate this, although most that do are copies of earlier papers consulted during his secretaryship.
