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Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet (1628 – 11 January 1719) was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1713. [1] He was among the largest landowners in Wales.
John Wynn (John Wyn ap Hugh of Bodvel, died 1576) being the Bodvel family ancestor, John was high sheriff for Caernarfon. Wynn was the standard bearer for John, Earl of Warwick / Duke of Northumberland; this was for the Earl of Warwick 's service at Kett's Rebellion in 1549 and he received Bardsey Island ( Gwynedd ) for his feats.
He was the youngest child and fifth son of George, Prince of Wales, and Mary, Princess of Wales. He was named John despite that name's unlucky associations for the royal family, [4] but was informally known as "Johnnie". [5] At the time of his birth, he was sixth in the line of succession to the throne, behind his father and four older brothers.
The period between 1701 and 1870 saw an expansion in access to formal education in Wales, though schooling was not yet universal. During the 18th century, various philanthropic efforts were made to provide education to poorer children and sometimes adults—schools established by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), circulating schools, Sunday schools and endowed elementary ...
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National Library of Wales. ISBN 0907158730. biography.wales (Dictionary of Welsh Biography) Davies, John (1994). A History of Wales. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140145816. Encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6. Lloyd, John Edward (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest ...
He was born John Rees at Ponterwyd in Ceredigion, to a lead miner and farmer, Hugh Rees, and his wife. Rhŷs was educated at schools in Bryn-chwyth, Pantyffynnon and Ponterwyd before moving to the British School , a recently opened institution at Penllwyn, in 1855.
Prince John may refer to: John, King of England (1166–1216) known as Prince John during the reigns of his father and older brother; Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905–1919), youngest son of King George V; John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316–1336), second son of Edward II; John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399), third son ...