Kenneth Wynne

Kenneth Wynne (May 6, 1888 – August 19, 1971) was a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1953 to 1958.

Early life, education, and career Born in Unionville (later Farmington), Connecticut, to attorney John F. Wynne and Henrietta Barnes Kinney Wynne, the family moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where the Wynne's father opened a law office. Wynne attended the public schools of New Haven, graduating from New Haven High School, and working for a time as a newspaper reporter.

Wynne graduated from Yale University and went on to Yale Law School, where he was a member of the school's debate team and on the board of the Yale Law Journal, before receiving an LL.B. in 1910. He gained admission to the bar the same year, and thereafter held a variety of positions in public service first as clerk of the State Senate in 1913, then was executive secretary to Governor Simeon E. Baldwin in 1914 and 1915. In 1953, Wynne was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court, serving as chief justice from 1957 until his mandatory retirement in 1958.

Wynne died in retirement in Woodbridge, Connecticut.