Wyndham (name)

Wyndham is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Wyndhams of England
Arms of Wyndham: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or

The Wyndham or Wyndam family is descended from Sir John Wyndham of Crownthorpe and of Felbrigg, Norfolk (1443–1503), and wife Lady Margaret Howard (1445–1484/1524), daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and first wife Catherine Moleyns. Succeeding generations have played an important role in English politics, the law, the military and the arts.

Branches of the family are styled variously as Earl of Egremont, Earl of Thomond and Baron Ibracken, Baron Wyndham, Baron Leconfield and Baron Egremont, Wyndham Baronets, of Trent, Wyndham Baronets, of Pilsden Court, and Wyndham Baronets, of Orchard Wyndham:

Arms of Wyndham, Baron Leconfield and Egremont: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or a bordure wavy of the last. These are the arms of Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham differenced by a bordure wavy, for the illegitimacy of the 1st Baron Leconfield

The senior line of the Wyndham family is today represented, despite its illegitimacy, by John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 7th Baron Leconfield, 2nd Baron Egremont, who lives at the family seat of Petworth House, Sussex.

Notable Wyndhams include:

Others with the surname

People with the given name
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