Edmund Wyndham

Edmund Wyndham (1600 – 2 March 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1679. He fought for the Royalist army in the English Civil War.

In April 1640, Wyndham was elected Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Bridgwater in November 1640 for the Long Parliament, but was expelled in January 1641 as a monopolist. Wyndham became a Colonel in the Royalist army and was Governor of Bridgwater until the town fell on 21 July 1645,

After the Restoration, Wyndham was elected MP for Bridgwater again in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.

Wyndham died at the age of 80.

Wyndham married Christabella Pyne who was a nurse to the young King Charles II.

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