Peerage Record – 8599

     Benjamin Leopold Sewell was born on 15 July 1990 at Banbury, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He is the son of Charles Percy Sewell and Alice Louise Esther Margot Huntington-Whiteley.¹

     John Roger Kynaston was born on 28 April 1914. He was the son of Major Walter Roger Owen Kynaston and Gwladys Elin Williams-Wynn. He died on 26 March 2011 at age 96.¹
     He gained the rank of officer in the Royal Artillery.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)¹

     Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Bt. was born on 30 November 1904.² He was the son of Sir Robert William Herbert Williams-Wynn, 9th Bt. and Elizabeth Ida Lowther.³ He married, firstly, Margaret Jean Macbean, daughter of Colonel William Alleyne Macbean, on 21 February 1939.² He married, secondly, Gabrielle Haden Caffin, daughter of Herbert Alexander Caffin, on 18 March 1968.² He died in 1988.²
     Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Bt. usually went by his middle name of Watkin.² He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.² He was educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, London, England.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Denbighshire in 1937.² He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Horse Artillery (Reserves.)² He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches twice and became a POW.² He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 361 Med Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) in 1947.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Denbighshire between 1947 and 1957.² He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Williams, of Wynnstay, co. Denbigh [E., 1688] on 23 November 1951.² He held the office of High Sheriff of Denbighshire in 1954.² He held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Denbighshire between 1957 and 1966.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Denbighshire between 1966 and 1974.² He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1969.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Clwyd between 1974 and 1988.² He was appointed FRAGS.²

     Margaret Jean Macbean was born before 1924. She was the daughter of Colonel William Alleyne Macbean.¹ She married Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Bt., son of Sir Robert William Herbert Williams-Wynn, 9th Bt. and Elizabeth Ida Lowther, on 21 February 1939.¹ She died on 4 September 1961.¹
     Her married name became Williams-Wynn. She was appointed Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (O.St.J.)¹

     Colonel William Alleyne Macbean was born before 1910. He married Margaret Macdonald Humphreys, daughter of Thomas Humphreys, before 1928.¹ He died before 1963.
     He gained the rank of Colonel in the Royal Artillery.¹

     Sir David Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Bt. was born on 18 February 1940.¹ He was the son of Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Bt. and Margaret Jean Macbean.² He married, firstly, Harriet Veryan Elspeth Tailyour, daughter of General Sir Norman Hastings Tailyour, on 26 October 1968.¹ He and Harriet Veryan Elspeth Tailyour were divorced in 1981.¹ He married, secondly, Victoria Jane De’Ath, daughter of Lt.-Col. Ian Dudley De’Ath and Patric King-Smith, on 26 September 1983 at London, England.^1,3 He and Victoria Jane De’Ath were divorced in 1998.¹ He died on 18 November 2023 at age 83.⁴
     Sir David Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Bt. usually went by his middle name of Watkin.² He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of officer between 1958 and 1963 in the 1st Royal Dragoons.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Clwyd in 1966.¹ He gained the rank of Major between 1971 and 1978 in the OC Cheshire Yeomanry Squadron, QOY.¹ He gained the rank of officer in 1979 in the Blues and Royals.¹ He succeeded as the 11th Baronet Williams, of Wynnstay, co. Denbigh [E., 1688] in 1988.² He held the office of High Sheriff for Clwyd in 1990.¹ He lived in 2003 at Plâs-yn-Cefn, St. Asaph, Clwyd, Wales.¹

     Robert Watkin Williams-Wynn was born on 11 April 1948.¹ He was the son of Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Bt. and Margaret Jean Macbean.¹ He died on 13 July 1972 at age 24 at Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, killed on active service.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th/20th King’s Hussars.¹

     Gabrielle Haden Caffin was born circa 1917.² She was the daughter of Herbert Alexander Caffin.¹ She married, firstly, W/Cdr. unknown Matheson before 1968.¹ She married, secondly, Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Bt., son of Sir Robert William Herbert Williams-Wynn, 9th Bt. and Elizabeth Ida Lowther, on 18 March 1968.¹ She died on 25 April 2007.²
     From before 1968, her married name became Matheson.¹ From 18 March 1968, her married name became Williams-Wynn. She lived in 2003 at Eryl, Llangedwyn, Oswestry, Shropshire, England.¹

     Harriet Veryan Elspeth Tailyour is the daughter of General Sir Norman Hastings Tailyour.² She married Sir David Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Bt., son of Sir Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Bt. and Margaret Jean Macbean, on 26 October 1968.¹ She and Sir David Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Bt. were divorced in 1981.¹
     Harriet Veryan Elspeth Tailyour usually went by her middle name of Veryan.² From 26 October 1968, her married name became Williams-Wynn.

     Sir Charles Edward Watkin Williams-Wynn, 12th Bt. was born on 16 September 1970.¹ He is the son of Sir David Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Bt. and Harriet Veryan Elspeth Tailyour.²
     He succeeded as the 12th Baronet Williams, of Wynnstay, co. Denbigh [E., 1688] on 18 November 2023.