Hugh Wyndham, 4th Baron Leconfield

Hugh Archibald Wyndham, 4th Baron Leconfield (4 October 1877 – 6 July 1963) was a British peer, politician and author. He succeeded his elder brother as fourth Baron Leconfield in 1952. He was the historian of the Wyndham family.

The Right Honourable Baron Leconfield
4th Baron Leconfield
In office 1952–1963
Preceded by	Charles Wyndham
Succeeded by	Edward Wyndham
Personal details
Born	4 October 1877[1] Petworth, Sussex, England
Died	6 July 1963 (aged 85) London
Spouse(s)	Maud Lyttelton ​ ​ (m. 1908; died 1953)​

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

Biography

Wyndham was born at the family estate, Petworth House, in Sussex. A direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham, he was the fourth (but third 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]

Hugh was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford.

In 1908, he married Maud Mary Lyttelton, daughter of Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham. She died in 1953, one year after he inherited the family titles from his older brother.

He did not move to the family estate in Petworth but primarily resided at Wyndham House in London.[2] He died at the London Clinic in 1963, 11 years after inheriting the title.

Like his two elder brothers, Hugh had no children, and the title passed to his younger brother, Edward Wyndham.

Published works

• as Lord Leconfield (1956). Sutton And Duncton Manors. Oxford University Press. ASIN B002M5TBJC.
• as Lord Leconfield (1954). Petworth Manor in the Seventeenth Century. Oxford University Press. ASIN B000XY2IEY.
• as The Hon. H.A. Wyndham (1950). A Family History, 1688-1837. Oxford University Press. ASIN B000XY2IEY.
• A Family History, The Wyndhams of Norfolk and Somerset, 1939.
• A Family History, The Wyndhams of Somerset, Sussex and Wiltshire, 1950.
• as The Hon. H.A. Wyndham (1937). The Atlantic and Emancipation: Problems of Imperial Trusteeship. Oxford University Press. ASIN B000H2FNPS.
• as The Hon. H.A. Wyndham (1935). The Atlantic and Slavery. Oxford University Press. ASIN B001U4RDIM.

References

1. "Lord Leconfield". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 8 July 1963. p. 12.
2. "No. 43058". The London Gazette. 19 July 1963. p. 6182.