William Windham

William Windham PC PC ( Ire ) ( born May 14, 1750 in London, † June 4, 1810 in Pall Mall, London ) was a British politician.

Life

Windham was the son of the landowner William Windham (1717-1761) and of the widow Sarah Hicks (1710-1792) from Tanfield in Essex.

Windham attended Eton College from 1757 to 1766. He then briefly attended the University of Glasgow, 1767-1771 University College, Oxford. He was particularly interested in mathematics and wrote several treatises, which remained unpublished. On 10 July 1798 he married Cecilia Forrest ( 1750-1824 ), the marriage remained childless. He made an unsuccessful Polarexpedion and traveled to Austria, Norway, Switzerland and Italy. In 1780 he ran unsuccessfully as MP for Norwich.

In April 1783, he was appointed by the Duke of Portland to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, so the head of the Irish government, under Robert Henley, Earl of Northington second ( 1747-1786 ), the Viceroy of Ireland. However, he soon resigned, fearing damage to his health. Night work and overheated rooms are not conducive to its constitution. However, Barker suggested a lack of trust of Henley, the rumors circulating in Dublin ( unnamed content) over Windham gave faith. In 1784 he was elected Member of Parliament for Norwich, 1806 for the rotten boroughs of New Romney, Higham Ferrers in 1807 from East Northamptonshire.

From February 5, 1806 to 25 March 1807, he was War and Colonial Secretary.

He died after a hip replacement and was buried on his estate Felbrigg. His wife built him a tomb.

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