Denbighshire

County

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986
Available from Boydell and Brewer

Background Information

Number of voters:

about 2,000

Elections

DateCandidate
24 July 1790ROBERT WATKIN WYNNE
10 June 1796SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bt.
17 July 1802SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bt.
10 Nov. 1806SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bt.
12 May 1807SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bt.
16 Oct. 1812SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bt.
26 June 1818SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, Bt.

Main Article

The hold of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay over the county representation remained unchallenged in this period. During the minority of Sir Watkin, 5th Bt., whose father had held the seat until his death in 1789, a ‘particular friend and relation’ of the family,1 Wynne of Plas Newydd, acted as a stopgap. Sir Watkin claimed the seat in 1796 and held it until his death. Nothing came of a rumour of opposition in 1812.2

Author: R. G. Thorne

Notes

  • 1. NLW, Brogyntyn mss 1567, Anne Shakerley to Godolphin Owen, 27 June 1790.
  • 2. NLW, Aston Hall mss 2504, Lady Temple to Louisa Lloyd, 6 Oct. [1812].