Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet

Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet, CB (6 June 1860 – 24 May 1944) was a Welsh politician.

Career

Williams-Wynn succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his uncle and father-in-law, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet in May 1885.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Denbighshire from May to November 1885, when the constituency was abolished. He lost the subsequent election for the new East Denbighshire constituency, and tried unsuccessfully to gain the seat in the following two elections in 1886 (when he lost by only 0,4 percent) and 1892. He was High Sheriff of Denbighshire for 1890, and served as Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire from 1891 until 1944.

During the Second Boer War, he was instrumental in raising four companies of Imperial Yeomanry for service in South Africa, attached to the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry.[1] For this was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours.[2][3]

During World War I he established a munitions factory on the estate.

Family

Williams-Wynn married his cousin Louisa Alexandra Williams-Wynn (1864–1911), daughter of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet and the sole heiress of the Wynnstay estate.

He was succeeded by his son, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet.

References

  1. ↑ "Lord Kitchener at Welshpool". The Times (36867). London. 8 September 1902. p. 6.
  2. ↑ "The Coronation Honours". The Times (36804). London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 1902. pp. 4189–4191.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bt
George Osborne Morgan		 Member of Parliament for Denbighshire
May 1885 – December 1885
With: George Osborne Morgan		 Constituency abolished
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Powis		 Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire
1891 – 1944		 Succeeded by
George Frederick Hamer
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Watkin Williams-Wynn		 Baronet
(of Gray's Inn)
1885 – 1944		 Succeeded by
Watkin Williams-Wynn

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