About William Wynyard
Lived 1759 – 1819 (aged 60). William Wynyard was a military leader.
Lieutenant-General William Wynyard (20 June 1759 – 11 July 1819) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding Northern District.
Military career Born the son of Lieutenant General William Wynyard (1732–1789) and Catherine St. Leger, Wynyard was commissioned as an ensign on 23 November 1775.
He was severely wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777 during the American Revolutionary War.
He died in 1819. He had married Jane Gladwin, lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte, and had 4 children. His son Edward Buckley Wynyard became a full general in the British Army and his son Robert Henry Wynyard became a Major-General and Governor of New Ulster, an early province of New Zealand.
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Who was William Wynyard?
British Army officer
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William Wynyard was born on 20 June 1759.
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William Wynyard died on 11 July 1819.
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William Wynyard was a military leader.
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