Windham Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Dunraven
CB DSO
5th Earl of Dunraven
Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire
In office
1895–1906
Preceded byArthur John Williams
Succeeded byWilliam Brace
High Sheriff of County Kilkenny
In office
1914–1917
Preceded byWalter Charles Lindsay
Succeeded byGodfrey Herbert Bloomfield
Personal details
Born(1857-02-07)7 February 1857
Died23 October 1952(1952-10-23) (aged 95)
Adare Manor, County Limerick, Ireland
Resting placeSt. Nicholas' Church of Ireland, Adare, Ireland
Political partyConservative
SpouseLady Eva Constance Aline Bourke
Parents
  • Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin (father)
  • Caroline Tyler (mother)
RelativesWindham Quin (paternal grandfather)
Windham Wyndham-Quin (cousin)
Richard Southwell Bourke (father-in-law)
Richard Wyndham-Quin (son)
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1881-1895
RankColonel
Unit16th Lancers
Imperial Yeomanry
4th (Glamorgan) Company, IY
Battles / wars

Colonel Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl CB DSO (7 February 1857 – 23 October 1952) was an Irish peer, British Army officer and a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire (1895–1906).

Background

Memorial plaque

He was the son of Captain Hon. Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin (1829–1865), a younger son of Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, by his wife Caroline Tyler, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir George Tyler. He succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his cousin Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, who died in 1926 without male issue.

Military and political career

Wyndham-Quin was a major in the 16th Lancers, and served in the First Boer War in 1881.[1]

He again volunteered for service in South Africa in early 1900, during the Second Boer War, and was appointed a captain in the Imperial Yeomanry on 14 February 1900.[2] He raised and commanded the 4th (Glamorgan) Company, IY,[1] which left Liverpool on the SS Cymric in March 1900 to serve as a company of the 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.[3] On 18 April 1900 he was appointed 2nd in command of this battalion. He was mentioned in despatches, received the Queen's medal (3 clasps), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900.[4] On return from South Africa he raised and commanded the Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry, a full regiment that perpetuated 4th Company.[5] He was promoted to the honorary rank of colonel on 19 Oct 1901.[6]

In the 1895 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire, winning the seat for the Conservative Party. He was re-elected in 1900, but lost the seat in the 1906 general election.[1]

He served as High Sheriff of County Kilkenny for 1914.

Family

Dunraven married Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke (1858–1940), daughter of Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of India, and Hon. Blanche Wyndham, daughter of the 1st Baron Leconfield. They had the following children:

He died at Adare Manor and is buried at St. Nicholas' Church of Ireland in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland.

Publications

  • The Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucester and Monmouth (1897)
  • Sir Charles Tyler, GCB, Admiral of the White (1912)
  • The Foxhound in County Limerick

References

  1. ^ a b c DUNRAVEN and MOUNT-EARL’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
  2. ^ "No. 27164". The London Gazette. 13 February 1900. p. 1001.
  3. ^ "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times. No. 36078. London. 1 March 1900. p. 7.
  4. ^ "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6306.
  5. ^ Army List.
  6. ^ "No. 27366". The London Gazette. 18 October 1901. p. 6785.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire
1895–1906 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
1926–1952 		Succeeded by