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'''Thomas Wyndham''' [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]] [[Doctor of Civil Law|DCL]] (1772-1862), was a 19th century English Doctor of Divinity and scion of one of the most influential families in the [[West Country]] of England.
[[File:Philipps House 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Dinton House, now Philipps House]]
==Early life and education==
The Rev Dr Wyndham was the second son of William Wyndham of [[Philipps House|Dinton]], [[Wiltshire]], a lineal descendant of [[John Wyndham (1558–1645)|Sir John Wyndham]] and [[Wadham Wyndham (judge)|Sir Wadham Wyndham]].<ref name=BLG>''[[Burke's Landed Gentry]]'' (1937), p. 2511</ref>.
Like his namesake and first cousin [[Thomas Wyndham (of Witham Friary)|Thomas Wyndham]], he was educated at [[Sherborne School|Sherborne]] and [[Wadham College, Oxford]]<ref></ref>, the college founded by his ancestress [[Dorothy Wadham]], thereby enabling members of the Wyndham family to claim [[Founders' kin]]. He matriculated on 12 March 1788, aged 16, obtaining his [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]] in 1794 and [[Doctor of Civil Law|DCL]] in 1809.
==Ecclesiastical career==
Dr Wyndham's preferment greatly benefitted from the patronage of his family connections, commencing in 1801 as vicar of [[Compton Chamberlayne]], the living of which was held by his kinsman [[John Penruddocke]]. In 1806 he was made rector of [[Pimperne]] under the patronage of his kinsman [[Henry Portman]], which he held until his death in 1862. In 1809 Dr Wyndham also became rector of [[Melcombe Regis]] in [[Dorset]], a favourite holiday resort of King [[George III]], which he held until 1859.<ref>Oxford University Alumni, 1715-1886, Volume IV</ref>
==Steward of Sherborne==
In 1791 The Rev Dr Wyndham was appointed Steward, along with [[Edward Phelips (died 1797)|Edward Phelips]], of the Anniversary Meeting at [[Sherborne School]]. The event took place on 22 August, the celebrations comprising a series of public readings from both modern and classical poets beginning at noon, followed by an ordinary [ie lunch] at the Antelope Inn at three o'clock, and concluding with a ball at Sherborne Town Hall in the evening.<ref>A B Gourlay, A History of Sherborne School, Winchester, 1951</ref>
==Family==
In 1809 Dr Wyndham married Anne, the eldest daughter of ardent foxhunter<ref>John Cooper, The Warwickshire Hunt from 1795 to 1836, London, 1837</ref> Walter Stubbs of Beckbury, Shorpshire. They had one son, Thomas Wyndham, who in 1842 married Anne, daughter of Captain Thomas Penruddocke, thus further securing the connection between two of the West Country's leading gentry families.<ref>John Burke, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 2, 1847</ref>
Whether Dr Wyndham enjoyed fox hunting is not recorded, perhaps because at the time hunting was somewhat frowned upon in a clergyman, however by the 1820s he owned Beckbury Hall in Shropshire, and in 1837 acquired the surrounding estate and manor of Beckbury from the heirs of [[Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Astley]]. In 1850 he sold the Hall and 68 acres to his father-in-law Walter Stubbs, owner of the adjoining Lower Hall. <ref>Victoria County History, A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 10, Munslow Hundred (Part), the Liberty and Borough of Wenlock, London, 1998.</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1772 births]]
[[Category:1862 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Sherborne School]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]
[[File:Philipps House 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Dinton House, now Philipps House]]
==Early life and education==
The Rev Dr Wyndham was the second son of William Wyndham of [[Philipps House|Dinton]], [[Wiltshire]], a lineal descendant of [[John Wyndham (1558–1645)|Sir John Wyndham]] and [[Wadham Wyndham (judge)|Sir Wadham Wyndham]].<ref name=BLG>''[[Burke's Landed Gentry]]'' (1937), p. 2511</ref>.
Like his namesake and first cousin [[Thomas Wyndham (of Witham Friary)|Thomas Wyndham]], he was educated at [[Sherborne School|Sherborne]] and [[Wadham College, Oxford]]<ref></ref>, the college founded by his ancestress [[Dorothy Wadham]], thereby enabling members of the Wyndham family to claim [[Founders' kin]]. He matriculated on 12 March 1788, aged 16, obtaining his [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]] in 1794 and [[Doctor of Civil Law|DCL]] in 1809.
==Ecclesiastical career==
Dr Wyndham's preferment greatly benefitted from the patronage of his family connections, commencing in 1801 as vicar of [[Compton Chamberlayne]], the living of which was held by his kinsman [[John Penruddocke]]. In 1806 he was made rector of [[Pimperne]] under the patronage of his kinsman [[Henry Portman]], which he held until his death in 1862. In 1809 Dr Wyndham also became rector of [[Melcombe Regis]] in [[Dorset]], a favourite holiday resort of King [[George III]], which he held until 1859.<ref>Oxford University Alumni, 1715-1886, Volume IV</ref>
==Steward of Sherborne==
In 1791 The Rev Dr Wyndham was appointed Steward, along with [[Edward Phelips (died 1797)|Edward Phelips]], of the Anniversary Meeting at [[Sherborne School]]. The event took place on 22 August, the celebrations comprising a series of public readings from both modern and classical poets beginning at noon, followed by an ordinary [ie lunch] at the Antelope Inn at three o'clock, and concluding with a ball at Sherborne Town Hall in the evening.<ref>A B Gourlay, A History of Sherborne School, Winchester, 1951</ref>
==Family==
In 1809 Dr Wyndham married Anne, the eldest daughter of ardent foxhunter<ref>John Cooper, The Warwickshire Hunt from 1795 to 1836, London, 1837</ref> Walter Stubbs of Beckbury, Shorpshire. They had one son, Thomas Wyndham, who in 1842 married Anne, daughter of Captain Thomas Penruddocke, thus further securing the connection between two of the West Country's leading gentry families.<ref>John Burke, Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 2, 1847</ref>
Whether Dr Wyndham enjoyed fox hunting is not recorded, perhaps because at the time hunting was somewhat frowned upon in a clergyman, however by the 1820s he owned Beckbury Hall in Shropshire, and in 1837 acquired the surrounding estate and manor of Beckbury from the heirs of [[Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Astley]]. In 1850 he sold the Hall and 68 acres to his father-in-law Walter Stubbs, owner of the adjoining Lower Hall. <ref>Victoria County History, A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 10, Munslow Hundred (Part), the Liberty and Borough of Wenlock, London, 1998.</ref>
==References==
[[Category:1772 births]]
[[Category:1862 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Sherborne School]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]
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