| 词条 | William Windham (of Earsham, senior) |
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William Windham ({{circa|1674}} – 2 April 1730) was a British landowner and politician. He was the second son of William Windham, of Felbrigg (died 1689), member of an old Norfolk family.[1] This made him brother of Ashe Windham. Entering the army, he rose to the rank of colonel[1] and lost a leg in action at the Battle of Blenheim.[2] He bought Earsham Hall, which would become the family seat, in 1720.[3] In 1722, he was returned to Parliament for Sudbury; in 1727 he transferred to the representation of Aldeburgh, and retained the seat until his death. He married Anne Tyrrell (d. 1762), daughter of Sir Charles Tyrrell, 2nd Baronet, by whom he had two children:[1]
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/ww/wyndham02.htm | title=Wyndham Genealogy | accessdate=23 September 2006}} *{{Rayment|date=February 2012}}2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/earsham/earsham.htm | title=All Saints' Church | accessdate=23 September 2006}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://rderham.truth.posiweb.net/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=37 | title=History of Earsham Hall | accessdate=23 September 2006}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
| with = John Knight | before=Sir Hervey Elwes Thomas Western | after=John Knight Carteret Leathes | years=1722–1727}}{{succession box | title=Member for Aldeburgh | with = Samuel Lowe | before=Samuel Lowe Walter Plumer | after=Samuel Lowe Sir John Williams | years=1727–1730}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Windham, William}}{{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub}} 9 : 1670s births|1730 deaths|English army officers|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|People educated at Eton College|English amputees|People of the War of the Spanish Succession|British MPs 1722–27|British MPs 1727–34 |
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