Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet (1588 – 19 July 1649) was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  at various times between 1614 and 1649.

Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet

Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet

Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet , Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary, was the son of Morys Wynn ap John. He claimed to be directly descended from the princes of Gwynedd through Rhodri ab Owain son of Owain Gwynedd. However, this claim is disputed in a publication of 1884 entitled...

. He was educated at Lincoln's Inn

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. He entered the Lord Chamberlain

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's service in 1608 and was Member of Parliament

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 for Caernarvonshire

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 in 1614. He was Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles, Prince of Wales

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, from 1617 to 1625. His unsuccessful contest for Caernarvonshire in 1621, when he was defeated by John Griffith of Cefn Amwlch

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, marked the eclipse of the political influence of Gwydir

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 in the county. However in the same election he was returned as MP for Ilchester

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.

Wynn accompanied the prince on his voyage to Spain

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 in 1623 and later wrote an account of the journey, published by T. Hearne in 1729 with the Historia vikie et regni Ricardi II. In 1625, he was elected MP for Ilchester again. He was also appointed treasurer to Queen Henrietta Maria. He inherited the baronetcy

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 on the death of his father in 1627. In 1629, he was once again groom of the bedchamber to Charles (now crowned as King Charles I) and Henrietta Maria. He erected the Gwydir chapel in Llanrwst

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 church and had a bridge built over the River Conwy

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 in 1633.

In April 1640 Wynn was elected MP for Andover

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, for Newton

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  and for Bodmin

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 in the Short Parliament

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 and chose to sit for Andover. He was elected MP for Liverpool

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 for the Long Parliament

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 in November 1640. Despite his close connections with the royal family, he showed no eagerness to waste his estates in the king's service during the English Civil War

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 and sat in parliament until 1648 when he was escluded under Pride's Purge

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. He died a few moths later in 1649.

Wynn married Anne Darcy, daughter and coheiress of Sir Francis Darcy in 1618, There were no children and the baronetcy and estates fell to his brother Owen Wynn (1592–1660).