Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet was a Welsh landowner, politician and patron of the arts. The Williams-Wynn baronets had been begun in 1688 by the politician Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, but had inherited, in the time of the 3rd baronet, Sir Watkin's father, the estates of the Wynn baronets, and changed their name to reflect this.
Portrait of Sir Watkin, by Hugh Douglas Hamilton
Wynnstay the family seat, 1793
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and, his first wife, Lady Henrietta Somerset, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn and his mother, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1768
The Williams-Wynn Baronetcy, of Gray's Inn in the County of Middlesex was created in the Baronetage of England on 6 July 1688 for William Williams, a prominent Welsh politician and lawyer from Anglesey, Wales. A member of the family, Sir Watkin, became one of the richest men in Britain.
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet, late 1730s
Wynnstay Hall, near Wrexham, Wales. Former seat of the Wynns
Bodelwyddan Castle – Williams-Wynn family seat from c.1880 to 1925