John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont
John Edward Reginald Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont, 6th Baron Leconfield, was a British hereditary peer, art collector and author.
Early life and education
John Wyndham was the son of Edward Wyndham, 5th Baron Leconfield, and his wife Gladys Mary Farquhar, and was a direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham. He was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge.Career
He served as Private Secretary to Harold Macmillan in various appointments that the latter held between 1940 and 1945, then again in 1955 when Macmillan was Foreign Secretary, and finally during his time as prime minister from 1957 to 1963. He was also a Trustee of the Wallace Collection between 1953 and 1972.In 1963, four years before succeeding his father as Baron Leconfield, he was raised to the peerage in his own right in Macmillan's resignation honours as Baron Egremont of Petworth in the County of Sussex. This was a revival of the Egremont title held by his ancestors the Earls of Egremont. He and his father took their seats in the House of Lords on the same day.
Marriage and children
Lord Leconfield married his second cousin once removed, Pamela Wyndham-Quin, daughter of the Hon. Valentine Wyndham-Quin and great-granddaughter of the Hon. Blanche Julia Wyndham,, in 1947. They had two sons and a daughter:- John Max Henry Scawen Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont and 7th Baron Leconfield
- Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Wyndham, married Colin Chisholm in 1976, created a life peer as Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen in 2014.
- Hon. Harry Hugh Patrick Wyndham