Sir Edmund Wyndham | |
|---|---|
 St Decuman's, Wyndham Chapel | |
| Knight Marshal | |
| In office 1667 – 1681 † | |
| MP for Bridgwater | |
| In office April 1661 – January 1679 | |
| Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset | |
| In office 1660 – 1681 † | |
| Monarch | Charles II |
| MP for Minehead | |
| In office March 1628 – June 1629 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa 1600 Kentsford House,[a] Somerset |
| Died | March 2, 1681 (aged 80) Whitehall, London |
| Resting place | St Decuman's Church, Watchet |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse(s) | Christabella Pyne (d.1658) Elizabeth Savage |
| Relations | Sir Francis Wyndham |
| Children | Three sons, one daughter |
| Parent(s) | Sir Thomas Wyndham, Elizabeth Coningsby (died 1635) |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Royalist 1642-1646 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Governor of Bridgwater 1643-1645 |
| Battles/wars | First English Civil War Taunton Bridgwater |
Sir Edmund Wyndham (1601 – 2 March 1681) was an Somerset landowner, and Member of Parliament on different occasions between 1625 and 1679. He supported the Parliamentary opposition to Charles I, until 1630, when his wife was appointed wet-nurse to the Prince of Wales.
Thereafter, he was given a number of government pensions, and was expelled from the Long Parliament in 1641 as a monopolist. When the First English Civil War began in 1642, he was a prominent leader of the Royalists in the West Country, and appointed Commissioner of Array for Somerset.
He served as governor of Bridgwater from 1643, until its surrender to Parliamentarian forces in July 1645. He was held in custody until 1649, when he escaped to join Charles II in exile, returning only after the 1660 Restoration.
Although he was elected to the Cavalier Parliament in 1661, and appointed Knight Marshal in 1667, he failed to obtain what he considered adequate reimbursement for his losses in the civil war.
He died in March 1681.
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