Adrian Poynings

Sir Adrian Poynings
Bornc. 1512
Ghent, Flanders
Died15 February 1571 (aged 58–59)
Spouse(s)Mary West
IssueElizabeth Poynings
Mary Poynings
Anne Poynings
FatherSir Edward Poynings
MotherRose Whethill

Sir Adrian Poynings (c. 1512 – 15 February 1571) was a military commander and administrator. The youngest of the illegitimate children of Sir Edward Poynings, he played a prominent role in the defence of the English garrison at Le Havre in 1562–63.

Westenhanger Castle today, once the home of the Poynings family