Sir Francis Wyndham, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Wyndham
Wyndham Memorial c. 1715, St Andrews Trent, Dorset
MP for Milborne Port
In office
April 1661 – July 1676  
Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset
In office
1666 – 1676  
Royalist Governor of Dunster Castle
In office
June 1643 – April 1646
MP for Minehead
In office
1640 – Suspended 1642
Personal details
Borncirca 1610
Kentsford House,[a] Somerset
Died15 July 1676(1676-07-15) (aged 66)
Trent Manor House, Dorset
Resting placeSt Andrews, Trent[2]
SpouseAnne Gerard (died 1653)
RelationsEdmund Wyndham
ChildrenThree sons, three daughters
Parent(s)Sir Thomas Wyndham (1570-1631), Elizabeth Coningsby (died 1635)
Alma materUniversity of Padua
OccupationLandowner
Military service
Allegiance Royalist
Years of service1642 to 1646
RankColonel
Battles/warsFirst English Civil War

Sir Francis Wyndham, 1st Baronet (c. 1612 – 15 July 1676) of Trent, Dorset was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England at various times from 1640 until his death in 1676. During the First English Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Royalist army and helped Charles II of England escape to France after his defeat in the 1651 Third English Civil War.


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