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[[File:Marriage Medal, 1884.jpg|thumb|438x438px|'''Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn and Louisa Williams-Wynn'''. Copper Medal struck to celebrate their wedding in 1884. ''Courtesy Spink and Son Ltd.'']]
Colonel '''Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} (1860–1944) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] politician and [[Yeomanry]] officer.
==Early life==
Williams-Wynn was born on 6 June 1860, the second (and eldest surviving) son of Colonel Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn, [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]], (1822–62). He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his uncle and father-in-law, [[Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet]] in May 1885.<ref name = Burke>''Burke's'': William-Wynn.</ref>
==Political career==
He was [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbighshire]] from May to November 1885, when the constituency was abolished. He lost the subsequent election for the new [[East Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Denbighshire]] constituency, and tried unsuccessfully to gain the seat in the following two elections in 1886 (when he lost by only 0.4 per cent) and 1892. He was [[High Sheriff of Denbighshire]] for 1890, and served as [[Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire]] from 1891 until 1944.<ref name = Burke/>
==Military career==
He was commissioned as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Montgomeryshire Yeomanry]] (commanded by his uncle the 6th Baronet) in 1882,<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25166/page/4984 ''London Gazette'', 10 November 1882.]</ref> promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in 1884,<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25385/page/3572 ''London Gazette'', 8 August 1884.]</ref> [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in 1886,<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25622/page/4273 ''London Gazette'', 3 September 1882.]</ref> and [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]] in command of the regiment in 1889.<ref name = List>''Army List''.</ref>
During the [[Second Boer War]], he was instrumental in raising four companies of [[Imperial Yeomanry]] for service in South Africa, under the auspices of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Lord Kitchener at Welshpool |date=8 September 1902 |page=6 |issue=36867}}</ref> For this he was appointed Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB) in the [[1902 Coronation Honours]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coronation Honours |date=26 June 1902 |page=5 |issue=36804}}</ref><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27448/supplement/4189 ''London Gazette'', 26 June 1902.]</ref> He was granted the honorary rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in 1903.<ref name = List/><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27513/page/112 ''London Gazette'', 6 January 1903.]</ref>
He was appointed [[Colonel (United Kingdom)#Honorary Colonel|Honorary Colonel]] of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry when he retired from the command in 1907.<ref name = List/><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28090/page/8780 ''London Gazette'', 17 December 1907.]</ref> When the [[Yeomanry]] were incorporated into the [[Territorial Force]] in 1908 he became president of the Montgomeryshire Territorial Association and was awarded the [[Territorial Decoration]] (TD). In 1923 he transferred to be Hon Colonel of the [[7th (Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers]].<ref name = Burke/><ref name = List/><ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32822/page/3385 ''London Gazette'', 11 May 1923.]</ref>
During World War I, he established a munitions factory on the [[Wynnstay]] estate.
==Family==
On 26 August 1884 Williams-Wynn married his cousin Louise Alexandra Williams-Wynn (1864–1911), daughter of [[Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet]] and the sole heiress of the Wynnstay estate. They were divorced in 1898, having had three children:<ref name = Burke/>
* Gwladys Elin, born 4 September 1885, married Major Walter Kynaston, TD
* Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet, born 25 January 1891, died 9 May 1949
* Constance Mary, born 20 September 1895, married Major Guy Mostyn–Owen, [[12th Lancers]]
He died on 24 May 1944 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son.<ref name = Burke/>
==Notes==
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== References==
* ''Army List'', various dates.
* ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953.
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* [http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=1&coll_id=77964&expand=  Wynnstay Estate Records]
==External links==
* {{hansard-contribs | sir-watkin-williams-wynn | Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn }}
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