Alexander Wynch

Alexander Wynch (1721 – 1781) was an English merchant, a career civil servant of the East India Company who became Governor of Madras.

Life He travelled to India at a young age and began to work, unpaid, for the East India Company at 13.

Family Wynch was twice married, and had children by both marriages. His first wife was Sophia, daughter of Edward Croke and sister of Begum Johnson. His second wife was Florentia Cradock, whom he married in 1755. His daughter Frances became notorious when she eloped with Sir William Jervis Twysden, 7th Baronet.