Charles William Wyndham
Charles William Wyndham (8 October 1760 – 1 July 1828) was an English politician. He was the third son of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, and Alicia Maria, daughter of the 2nd Baron Carpenter. He was educated at Westminster School from 1767 to 1775. In 1801 he married Lady Anna Barbara Frances Child Villiers, daughter of the 4th Earl of Jersey and widow of William Henry Lambton. They had no children.
In the 1790 general election, Charles and his older brother Percy were elected MPs for Midhurst, a pocket borough bought by their eldest brother George, the 3rd Earl of Egremont. He gave up Midhurst in 1795 to sit for New Shoreham, and held that seat until 1802, when his brother persuaded him to stand for the county seat of Sussex. He served as MP for Sussex until 1812, when he stepped down.
Charles William Wyndham was the defendant in a well-known “criminal conversation” (adultery) case brought by Anthony Hodges regarding his wife Anna Sophia Hodges (née Aston). Hodges claimed he had been separated from his wife due to suspected adultery, after which she became pregnant. The trial took place in Westminster in February 1791 before Lord Kenyon. It was argued that the plaintiff knew of the affair and had, at times, allowed his wife to see other men, including Mr. Bouvier and the future Prince of Wales, as early as 1784. The jury found in favor of Wyndham. Charles William Wyndham and Anna Hodges had a daughter, Caroline Wyndham (d. 1876), who married Rev. Hon. FitzRoy Henry Richard Stanhope.
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