Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet
| Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Owen Watkin Williams-Wynn November 30, 1904 Wales |
| Died | 13 May 1988 |
| Residence | Dolben, St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales Llangedwyn Hall, Powys |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| Employer | British Army and Crown |
| Title | 10th Baronet of Bodelwyddan |
| Children | David Watkin Williams-Wynn |
Sir (Owen) Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet, KStJ, CBE, of Bodelwyddan in the County of Flint, and of Gray's Inn in the county of Middlesex (30 November 1904 – 13 May 1988), was a Welsh soldier and landowner. He was Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire from 1966 to 1974, then Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd from 1976 to 1979.
Williams-Wynn was the son of Sir Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet, KCB DSO, who (as his own father had done) employed a Welsh-speaking nanny to ensure that his son would be able to speak Welsh. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
One of the few members of the surviving ancient Welsh nobility, Williams-Wynn was the closest certain heir of the House of Aberffraw, the former ruling family of Gwynedd and Wales, who were deposed in the English Conquest of 1282. The Williams-Wynn baronets were an important family of Denbighshire landowners, whose 17th century ancestor had married into the Wynn family of Gwydir, the patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd (1137–1170), and in time they became the senior surviving branch of his family. On the death of Sir John Wynn in 1719, his heiress Jane Thelwall inherited both the Wynnstay estate and the Wynn claim to Aberffraw. Her husband Watkin Williams then added the Wynn family name to his own.
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