John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield
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John Edward Reginald Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield and 1st Baron Egremont MBE (5 June 1920-6 June 1972), was a British peer.
Leconfield was the son of Edward Scawen Wyndham, 5th Baron Leconfield, and Gladys Mary Farquhar. He served as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan from 1957 to 1963 and was also a Trustee of the Wallace Collection between 1953 and 1972. In 1963, four years prior to succeeding his father, he was raised to the peerage in his own right as Baron Egremont, of Petworth in the County of Sussex. This was a revival of the Egremont title held by his ancestors the Earls of Egremont.
Lord Leconfield and Egremont married his second cousin once removed, Pamela Wyndham-Quin, daughter of the Hon. Valentine Wyndham-Quin and great-granddaughter of the Hon. Blanche Julia Wyndham, daughter of George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, in 1947. He died in June 1972, aged 52, and was succeeded in the baronies by his eldest son Max.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Edward Scawen Wyndham |
Baron Leconfield | Succeeded by John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham |
| Preceded by New creation |
Baron Egremont | |
[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
- www.thepeerage.com
