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John Arthur Wynne

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

John Wynne

Born: 20 April 1801

Died: 19 June 1865

Member of Privy Council of Ireland - 1852

son of Owen Wynne

husband of Lady Anne Wandesford Butler

son-in-law of James Wandesford Butler

Education

Winchester College   (1816 - 1819)

Christ Church, Oxford   (1820 -)

Elections fought

4 August 1830		Sligo	Tory	Unopposed
9 May 1831		Sligo	Tory	Unopposed
21 December 1832		Sligo	Tory	159	40.05
8 March 1856		Sligo	Conservative Party	148	55.85
2 April 1857		Sligo	Conservative Party	144	48.98
31 July 1857 Petition - John Somers unseated and Rt Hon John Wynne declared elected. The revised poll figures were Wynne - 148, Somers - 147.
6 May 1859		Sligo	Conservative Party	177	69.96
25 July 1860 Resignation of Rt Hon John Wynne.