Baron Leconfield
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Baron Leconfield, of Leconfield in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1859 for George Wyndham. He was the eldest natural son and adopted heir of George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (see the Earl of Egremont for earlier history of the family). His eldest son, the second Baron, represented West Sussex in the House of Commons as a Conservative. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Baron, who served as Lord Lieutenant of Sussex from 1917 to 1949. The latter's nephew, the sixth Baron, served as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan from 1957 to 1963. In 1963, four years before he succeeded his father in the barony of Leconfield, the Egremont title held by his ancestors was revived when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Egremont, of Petworth in the County of Sussex. As of 2007 the titles are held by his son, the seventh Baron. Known as Max Egremont, he is a biographer and novelist.
Another member of the Wyndham family was the Conservative politician and man of letters George Wyndham. He was the son of Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham, younger son of the first Baron Leconfield.
The ancestral seat of the Wyndham family is Petworth House in West Sussex.
[edit] Barons Leconfield (1859)
- George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield (1787-1869)
- Henry Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield (1830-1901)
- Charles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield (1872-1952)
- Hugh Archibald Wyndham, 4th Baron Leconfield (1877-1963)
- Edward Scawen Wyndham, 5th Baron Leconfield (1883-1967)
- John Edward Reginald Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield, 1st Baron Egremont (1920-1972)
- (John) Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 7th Baron Leconfield, 2nd Baron Egremont (b. 1948)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. George Ronan Valentine Wyndham (b. 1983)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
