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Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (23 September 1749 – 24 July 1789) was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts.
- 23 September 1749
- Robert Watkin Wynne
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, late 1730s. The Williams-Wynn Baronetcy, of Gray's Inn in the County of Middlesex was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 July 1688 for William Williams, a prominent Welsh politician and lawyer from Anglesey, Wales. [1]
27 de abr. de 2022 · Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Baronet [1688], of Wynnstay, 1st s. and h. by 2d wife, b. 1749 and suc. to the Baronetcy, 23 Sep. 1749; matric. at Oxford (Oriel Coll.), 9 May 1766, aged 17, and was a: D.C.L., 4 July 1771 ; was M.P. for Salop, 1772-74, and for Denbighshire, 1774 (four Paris.) till death in 1789.
26 de jul. de 2007 · Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1693—1749), 3rd baronet, was the greatest landowner in Wales during the 1730s and 1740s, and a national leader of the Tory party in the House of Commons.
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (23 September 1749 – 24 July 1789) was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts.
Biography. Wynn’s father was the most powerful leader the Tories ever threw up in Wales, and one of the leaders of the opposition to Sir Robert Walpole.
An allegorical statue of 'Painting,' located in the niche behind, emphasises the three men's love of the arts. From Rome Sir Watkin went to Naples, before returning home via Venice in February 1769. During his lifetime, this painting hung at his London residence, Wynn House, St James's Square.
