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Before the baronetcy of Wynn of Gwydir became extinct, there had been marriages and inheritances shared amongst the descendants of the family. Mary Wynn, an only child, and heiress of the fourth
Baronet was the wife of
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and a member of parliament for
Caernarvonshire during the 16th century. The family continued to be prominent in politics, and all the baronets except for Owen (3rd baronet) sat as Members of Parliament, often for
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With a range of related meanings, such as "fair-haired" and "darling", which could have originated as a personal epithet. See the entry for "gwyn" in the
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family dynasty in Wales. The Wynn of Bodvel (Bodvean) family ceased to exist, but did marry into an Irish noble family to create the then new title, Baron
Newborough.
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Upon extinction of the baronetcy, the family estate was inherited by a cousin; the family is still in the same area today, known as the
Williams-Wynn Baronets.
333:(c. 1625–1674), only child and daughter Mary married Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, then intermarried into the line of Barons Carrington.
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Carnarvon was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 25 October 1742, for Sir Thomas Wynn. The family origins were near
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who inherited the estate. Sir Watkin added the surname Wynn to his name, and his descendants became the
Williams-Wynn Baronets.
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of Gwydir, and also Hugh Gwyn's (died 1611) great-grandchild, Gwyn being one of John Wynne of
Bodvean's (died 1576) children.
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created in the 17th and 18th centuries for persons with the same surname, Wynn; these titles were given to families from
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Carnarvon was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611, for
98:(died 1580), ancestor of the Wynns of Gwydir; whereas the Wynns of Bodvean (subsequently
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A younger branch of the Wynn of Gwydir family emerged in the area of Berthddu and
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The history of the Wynns of Gwydir begins with the father of Maurice Wynn,
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An example of intermarriages between both Wynn families was
102:) descended from John Wyn ap Hugh (John Wynne, died 1576).
58:(1742), and the family has since assumed a different title.
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Maurice Wynn (Morys Wynn ap John) died on 18 August 1580.
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Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
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280:in 1796. Peter's wife Priscilla was a daughter of
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867:Dwnn, Lewys; Meyrick, Samuel Rush, eds. (1846).
41:List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
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544:"Bodvean, Boduan, or Bodfaen, Carnarvonshire"
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132:. The members of this line were heirs to the
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458:Wynn Baronets, of Bodvean (1742)
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319:Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet
628:History of the Gwydir family
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464:Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet
362:Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd Baronet.
356:Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet.
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373:Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet.
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430:in 1549 and he received
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448:Fifteen Tribes of Wales
168:John "Wynn" ap Maredudd
160:John "Wynn" ap Maredudd
148:, the King of Gwynedd.
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