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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Charles Wyndham, see Charles Wyndham (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable

The Lord Leconfield

GCVO
 Lord Leconfield, 1908

Lord Lieutenant of Sussex

In office

1917–1949

Preceded by 15th The Duke of Norfolk

Succeeded by 16th The Duke of Norfolk

3rd Baron Leconfield

In office

1901–1952

Preceded by Henry Wyndham

Succeeded by Hugh Wyndham

Personal details

Born 17 February 1872[1]

 Petworth, Sussex, England

Died 16 April 1952 (aged 80)

Petworth House, Sussex

Spouse Beatrice Violet Rawson

Military service

Allegiance United Kingdom

Branch/service British Army

Years of service 1892–1898; 1917–1918

Rank Honorary Colonel

Unit 1st Regiment of Life Guards

Commands Royal Sussex Volunteers

Battles/wars World War I

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
Charles Henry Wyndham, 3rd Baron Leconfield, GCVO (17 February 1872 – 16 April
1952) was a British peer, army officer and political figure. He succeeded his father as
third Baron Leconfield in 1901.[2]

Ancestry[edit]
Wyndham was born at the family estate, Petworth House, in Sussex. A direct
descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he was the second but eldest surviving son of Henry
Wyndham, 2nd Baron Leconfield, and Constance Evelyn Primrose, daughter
of Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny. His grandfather, the first Baron Leconfield, was
the adopted heir of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, from whom the family
derived their considerable wealth.[1]

Military career[edit]
He served in the 1st Life Guards from 1892 to 1898 and He was appointed
a lieutenant of the Reserve on 27 January 1900,.[3] In 1901, during the Second Boer
War, he became the commanding officer of the newly-reformed Sussex
Yeomanry (originally raised at Petworth by the 3rd Earl of Egremont).[1][4][5][2] Wyndham
served and was wounded during the Second Boer War in 1900.[2]
During World War I he rejoined the 1st Life Guards and commanded the Royal Sussex
Volunteers from 1917 to 1918. In World War II, he was appointed Honorary Colonel of
the 5th Battalion of the Border Regiment (representing Cumberland, of which he held
significant lands), and of the 98th Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry. He served as Lord
Lieutenant of Sussex between 1917 and 1949.[1]

Properties[edit]
Lord Leconfield inherited the family seat, Petworth House, as well as significant land
in Cumberland, including Cockermouth Castle and Scafell Pike. In 1919, he placed
Scafell Pike—the highest peak in England—under the custody of the National Trust in
honour of the soldiers of the Lake District who served in World War I.
Lord Leconfield also opened the state rooms and large art collection of Petworth House,
his 17th-century mansion, to the public. In 1947, he gave The house and its 735-acre
park to the National Trust.

Later life[edit]

Lord Leconfield at the head of a horse drawn coach

Lord Leconfield married Beatrice Violet Rawson, daughter of Colonel Richard Hamilton
Rawson, in 1911. Wyndham had two adopted children, Peter and Elizabeth Geraldine
Wyndham (born Betty Seymour).[2]
He was a dedicated sportsman, a master of foxhounds, and served as president of
the Marylebone Cricket Club for the 1927–1928 season. He also served as president of
the Pratt's club in London.
He died in April 1952, aged 80, after a lengthy illness. Wyndham was succeeded in the
barony by his younger brother, Hugh Archibald Wyndham (1877–1963), as his adopted
son Peter was disqualified from inheriting his adoptive father’s titles and estates.
Wyndham left an estate of £2,136,439 (equivalent to £65,399,198 in 2021). [6]
His adopted daughter Elizabeth Wyndham was a socialite and civil servant, born on 15
December 1922. She died on 13 May 2008, aged 85 in Chalfont St Giles,
Buckinghamshire. As an accomplished polyglot, during the Second World War, she
worked as a linguist in the British codebreaking department at Bletchley Park.[7]

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "Lord Leconfield: A Life of Public Service". The Times. 18 April 1952. p. 7.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d (Hesilrige 1921, p. 548)
3. ^ "No. 27157". The London Gazette. 26 January 1900. p. 518.
4. ^ Army List, various dates.
5. ^ L. Barlow & R.J. Smith, The Uniforms of the British Yeomanry Force 1794–1914, 1: The
Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry, London: Robert Ogilby Trust/Tunbridge Wells: Midas
Books, ca 1979, ISBN 0-85936-183-7, p. 7.
6. ^ "Wills and Bequests". The Times. 26 August 1952. p. 6.
7. ^ "Elizabeth Wyndham: socialite and civil servant". The Times. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 16
March 2015.

Book source[edit]
 Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy.
160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 548.

Honorary titles

Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Sussex Succeeded by

The Duke of Norfolk 1917–1949 The Duke of Norfolk

Peerage of the United Kingdom

Succeeded by
Preceded by Baron Leconfield
1901–1952 Hugh Archibald
Henry Wyndham
Wyndham
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