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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Charlotte, Lady Williams-Wynn (née Grenville; Шаблон:Circa – 29 September 1830), was a British aristocrat.

Early life

Williams-Wynn was born in Llanforda, Oswestry. She was the eldest child of the Prime Minister George Grenville and his wife, the former Elizabeth Wyndham, daughter of the Tory statesman Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet. Lady Williams-Wynn was a first cousin of Prime Minister William Pitt through her paternal aunt Hester Grenville, who married William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.

Her mother and father died in 1769 and 1770 respectively, and guardianship of their daughter Charlotte was assumed by George's elder brother, Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple.[1]

Personal life

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Portrait of Lady Williams-Wynn and her children in 1778, by Joshua Reynolds

On 21 December 1771, she married, as his second wife, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, and became known as Lady Williams-Wynn. Sir Watkin was the eldest son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, and his second wife, the former Frances Shackerley of Cheshire. The couple had eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood, including:

Sir Watkin died on 24 July 1789. Upon her husband's death, Lady Williams-Wynn became the sole administrator of his Welsh estates under the terms of his will, and functioned as such until her eldest son reached the age of majority.

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  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910–1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000.
  3. Williams-Wynn, Frances. Diaries of a Lady of Quality from 1797-1844, ed. by Hayward, A.. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. p. ix.