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George Wyndham, PC (29 August 1863 – 8 June 1913) was a British Conservative politician, statesman, man of letters, and one of The Souls . Background and education. Wyndham was the elder son of the Honourable Percy Wyndham, [1] third son of George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, and he was a direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham.
George Wyndham (20 June 1801 – 24 December 1870) was an English farmer, wine-grower and pastoralist; he is famous for having established the Wyndham wineries and his estate Dalwood in the Hunter Valley, where he planted Australia's first commercial Shiraz vineyard.
Jun 4, 2024 · George Wyndham was a British Conservative politician and man of letters who, as chief secretary for Ireland, was responsible for the Irish Land Purchase Act of 1903, also known as the Wyndham Land Purchase Act, which alleviated the problem of Irish farm ownership with justice to landlords as well.
George Wyndham (1801-1870), farmer, wine-grower and pastoralist, was born at Dinton, Wiltshire, England, the third son of William Wyndham of Dinton House and his wife Letitia, née Popham.
George Wyndham. Australia. In 1828, George Wyndham – one of the founding fathers of the Australian wine industry – established his winery on the banks of the Hunter River in New South Wales. This pioneer was the first to plant a Shiraz vineyard in Australia.
George Wyndham PC (29 August 1863 – 8 June 1913) was a British Conservative politician, statesman, man of letters, and one of The Souls . Quotes. Gordon 's journals are splendid, I delight in an eccentric man upsetting the odds which routine, formality, "Foreign" and other offices always have on their side, and making the latter appear ridiculous.
Life and letters of George Wyndham. by. Wyndham, George, 1863-1913. Publication date. 1925. Publisher. London, Hutchinson & co. Collection. trent_university; internetarchivebooks.
George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield (5 June 1787 – 18 March 1869), was a British soldier and peer. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he was the eldest natural son of George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, and Elizabeth Ilive.
Jan 10, 2014 · In June 1913, on a holiday trip to Paris, George Wyndham died suddenly of a heart attack—he was not quite fifty years old. Shocked by this unexpected loss, colleagues in the Conservative Party and the House of Commons, whose inner circles he had occupied for a quarter of a century, organized the usual tributes.
WYNDHAM, GEORGE (1863-1913), English politician and man of letters, was born Aug. 29 1863, the eldest son of the Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham, and grandson of the 1st Lord Leconfield.
