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 | |
| Born | circa 1610 Kentsford House,[a] Somerset |
| Died | 15 July 1676 (aged 66) Trent Manor House, Dorset |
| Resting place | St Andrews, Trent[2] |
| Spouse | Anne Gerard (died 1653) |
| Relations | Edmund Wyndham |
| Children | Three sons, three daughters |
| Parent(s) | Sir Thomas Wyndham (1570-1631), Elizabeth Coningsby (died 1635) |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
| Occupation | Landowner |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Royalist |
| Years of service | 1642 to 1646 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | First 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.
- ^ Baggs, Bush & Siraut 1985, pp. 143–171.
- ^ Helms & Cassidy 1983.
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