Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
He was a baby when his father was killed by a fall from his horse while out hunting, and he inherited the extensive Wynnstay estates, the largest in North Wales.These straddled at least five Welsh counties and extended into Shropshire in England, and yielded an estimated rental income of £20,000 – a very substantial sum at the time, whose spending he tackled with enthusiasm and considerable success.On his coming of age in 1770, he held an extravagant party for 15,000 guests; the bills record consumption of "31 bullocks, 50 hogs, 50 calves, 80 sheep, 18,000 eggs...."[1] An embroidered suit which he may have worn on this occasion is in the possession of the National Museum of Wales.The Rococo silver-gilt toilet service he gave to his first wife, by the London goldsmith Thomas Heming, is now in the National Museum of Wales.[6] He supported the Concerts of Antient Music, and is caricatured by James Gilray in a depiction of King George III of Great Britain attending one he organised.
The Right HonourableHugh Douglas HamiltonMember of ParliamentDenbighshireSir Lynch Cotton, Bt.Robert Watkin WynneShropshireCharles BaldwynRichard LysterNoel HillLady Charlotte GrenvilleWatkinCharlesSir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd BaronetWilliams-Wynn baronetsSir William Williams, 1st BaronetWynn baronetsWynnstayEnglandNational Museum of WalesHouse of CommonsLord Lieutenant of MerionethshireJoshua ReynoldsSir Joshua ReynoldsGrand TourPompeo BatoniRococosilver-gilttoilet serviceNeoclassicalJoseph NollekensRuabonart in Waleslandscape paintingRichard WilsonPaul SandbyaquatintJoseph BanksConcerts of Antient MusicJames GilrayGeorge IIICharles Somerset, 4th Duke of BeaufortSir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th BaronetEdward Clive, 1st Earl of PowisHenrietta Clive, Countess of PowisFlint BoroughsSt MawesWilliam Davies ShipleyCharles Williams-WynnSir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd BaronetThomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron DelamereHenry Williams-WynnRobert Smith, 1st Baron CarringtonRobert AdamSt James's SquareNational Gallery, LondonSociety of DilettantiBrooks'sJohn the BaptistGloucesterAlan Sutton PublishingOxford Art OnlineL. NamierNational Museum WalesParliament of Great BritainWilliam VaughanWatkin WilliamsBaronetage of EnglandWatkin Williams-WynnBaronet