Lt General William Wynyard
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Lt General William Wynyard, son of Lt General John Wynyard and Mary Maxwell, was born at Minorca, Mediterranean Sea, British Empire, 1732.1,2 He died at Kensington Palace, England, 25 January 1789.1
William married (1) Mary Sophia Otway, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), say 1753;1,3 he married (2) Catherine St. Leger, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), at Kingsbury Holy Innocents, England, 5 February 1758;1 he married (3) Sarah Lilly, daughter of Ambrose Lilly and Sarah Moss, at Camberwell St. Giles, Southwark, England, 26 November 1767.4,1
The early service of Lt General William Wynyard was in the Third Regiment of Foot Guards, in which he held a commission for nearly thirty years. He obtained the rank of lieutenant and captain in 1754, captain and lieutenant colonel in 1761, major with the rank of colonel in 1775, the lieut.-colonelcy in 1777, and the rank of major-general in 1779. On 25 March 1782, King George III appointed him to the colonelcy of the Twentieth regiment and he was promoted to the rank of Lieut. General in 1787.5
An autograph collector-dealer was selling a certificate with George III's signature:
46. GEORGE (WILLIAM FREDERICK) III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland, grandson of King George II, last king to rule over America. He was the first king of the Hanovarian dynasty who was a native of England rather than Germany, and was somewhat more popular with his subjects as a result. He was not originally expected to become king, but the untimely death of his father made him Prince of Wales in 1751 and king in 1760. It was George III’s policies, and those of his government, that led directly to the Declaration and the American Revolution. Royal decree authorizing a payment of £200 to the widow of Lieutenant-General William Wynyard for her husband’s "long and faithful services in Our Army." Dated May 14, 1790, and boldly signed as king, "George R." $885.00.6
William married (1) Mary Sophia Otway, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), say 1753;1,3 he married (2) Catherine St. Leger, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), at Kingsbury Holy Innocents, England, 5 February 1758;1 he married (3) Sarah Lilly, daughter of Ambrose Lilly and Sarah Moss, at Camberwell St. Giles, Southwark, England, 26 November 1767.4,1
The early service of Lt General William Wynyard was in the Third Regiment of Foot Guards, in which he held a commission for nearly thirty years. He obtained the rank of lieutenant and captain in 1754, captain and lieutenant colonel in 1761, major with the rank of colonel in 1775, the lieut.-colonelcy in 1777, and the rank of major-general in 1779. On 25 March 1782, King George III appointed him to the colonelcy of the Twentieth regiment and he was promoted to the rank of Lieut. General in 1787.5
An autograph collector-dealer was selling a certificate with George III's signature:
46. GEORGE (WILLIAM FREDERICK) III (1738-1820). King of Great Britain and Ireland, grandson of King George II, last king to rule over America. He was the first king of the Hanovarian dynasty who was a native of England rather than Germany, and was somewhat more popular with his subjects as a result. He was not originally expected to become king, but the untimely death of his father made him Prince of Wales in 1751 and king in 1760. It was George III’s policies, and those of his government, that led directly to the Declaration and the American Revolution. Royal decree authorizing a payment of £200 to the widow of Lieutenant-General William Wynyard for her husband’s "long and faithful services in Our Army." Dated May 14, 1790, and boldly signed as king, "George R." $885.00.6
Family 1 | Mary Sophia Otway |
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Family 2 | Catherine St. Leger b. 1736, d. 17 May 1764 |
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Family 3 | Sarah Lilly b. 31 Aug 1750, d. 5 Nov 1834 |
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Citations
- [S271] Rev. C. W. Bingham, "The Family of Wynyard," Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica New Series, 2 (1877): 269-272, further cited as Bingham, "Wynyard Family."
- [S949] Somerset House, London, England, Probate Records, 1383-1857, John Wynyard, of Saint Margarets Westminster, Middlesex, FHL microfilm BettesworthTeignmouth, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, further cited as PCC Probate.
- [S1464] William Wynyard - Colonel, online http://www.jamesboswell.info/biography/william-wynyard-colonel, accessed 16 Jan 2010, further cited as William Wynyard.
- [S949] PCC Probate, Maria Caroline Wynyard, spinster of Orchard Street, Portman Square, Middlesex; FHL #Teignmouth.
- [S1893] Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Twentieth, or the East Devonshire Regiment of Foot; Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of its Subsequent Services to 1848 (London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1848), 69, further cited as Cannon, Historical Record of the Twentieth.
- [S272] Wynyard Retirement Certificate, online http://www.antebellumcovers.com/new.htm, Item #46 on an autograph sale listing (accessed Oct 2004); later found at http://www.heritagecs.com/catalog.htm, item 21 (accessed Jan 2006)photocopy in Compiler's genealogy files, further cited as Wynyard Retirement Certificate.
- [S949] PCC Probate, Jemima Caroline Wynyard of Kensington Palace, Middlesex; FHL #13.
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