Background
WYNDHAM, George was born on August 29, 1863 in London. Son of Honourable Percy Wyndham and Madeline, daughter of Sir Guy Campbell, Baronet, granddaughter of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the Irish rebel.
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George WYNDHAM
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Eton; K.M.C. Sandhurst, 1882. Honourable Doctor of Civil Law Oxford, 1904. Coldstream Guards, 1883.
Suakiin Campaign and Cyprus, 1885 (medal and Khedive’s star).
Doctor of Laws Glas., 1907.
Career
Private Secretary to Right Honourable A. J. Balfour, 1887-1892. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for War, 1898-1900. Cabinet Minister, 1902.
Lord Rector, Glasgow University, 1902.
Edinburgh, 1908; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1900-1905. Doctorate.L. Edinburgh; Member of Parliament (Conservative) Dover since 1889. Director London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.
Major Cheshire Yeomanry.
Politics
Conservative.
Membership
Clubs: Carlton, Marlborough, Travellers’. Kildare Street, Dublin.
Interests
Connections
Spouse 1889, Countess Grosvenor.
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British