Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (1736 – 12 October 1807), known as Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet from 1773 to 1776, was a British politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1807.
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Career
Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet. He undertook the Grand Tour in Italy in 1759–60. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire from 1761 to 1774, for St Ives from 1775 to 1780, and for Beaumaris from 1796 to 1807. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire between 1761 and 1781 and raised and commanded the Carnarvon Militia. Wynn succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1773 and in 1776 was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Newborough, of Newborough.
Marriages and children
Lord Newborough married, firstly, Lady Catherine Perceval, daughter of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, in 1766. The couple had one child:
Hon. John Wynn (27 April 1772 – 18 December 1800)
After Lady Catherine's death in 1782, Lord Newborough married, secondly, Maria Stella Petronilla, officially recorded as the daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini but possibly a member of the House of Orléans, in 1786. Maria Stella was born at Modigliana, near Forlì, Italy, in 1773. The couple had two sons:
Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough (3 April 1802 – 15 November 1832)
Spencer Bulkeley Wynn, 3rd Baron Newborough (23 May 1803 – 1 November 1888)
Lord Newborough died on 12 October 1807 and was succeeded in his titles by his elder son from his second marriage, Thomas. Lady Newborough later remarried, becoming Baroness Ungern-Sternberg, and died in 1843.
