About Charles Wyndham
Lived 1796 – 1866 (aged 69–70). Charles Wyndham was a British politician and army officer.
Col. Charles Wyndham Ilive (10 September 1796 – 16 February 1866), was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Sussex from 1841 to 1847.
Wyndham was the fifth son of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751–1837) and his mistress, Elizabeth Ilive (died 1822), of Petworth House, near Chichester, West Sussex. His parents married in 1801 after the birth of seven illegitimate children. He was a descendant of John Wyndham who played an important role in the establishment of defence organisation in the West Country against the threat of Spanish invasion.
He married Elizabeth Anne Hepburne-Scott, daughter of Lord Polwarth, but had no children.
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Who was Charles Wyndham?
British politician (1796-1866)
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Charles Wyndham was born in 1796.
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Charles Wyndham died on 16 February 1866.
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Charles Wyndham was a politician and army officer.
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Charles Wyndham was British.
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