THE
6TH BARON SAINT OSWALD OF NOSTELL , in the West Riding of
Co York (Charles Rowland Andrew Winn) [The Rt Hon The Lord St Oswald, Nostell
Priory, Wakefield, W Yorks WF4 1QD]; born 22 July 1959; succeeded f
1999; educated The New Sch, Kings Langley, Herts; married 1985 •Louise
Alexandra, daughter of Stewart MacKenzie Scott, and has: 1a +ROWLAND CHARLES SEBASTIAN HENRY; born 15
April 1986 1a •Henrietta Sophia Alexandra; born 1993 Lineage:
GEORGE
WYNN, allegedly descended from the WYNNS of Gwydir; born c 1560; draper
to EDMUND
WINN, of Thornton Curteis, Lincs; born 1583; married Mary,
daughter of Rowland Berkeley, of Worcester, and sister of Sir Robert Berkeley,
Judge King's Bench, and died c 1645, having had, with two younger sons
(Rowland, born 1609, London Alderman, died 1676; Mark, of Little
Warley, Essex, born 1611, died 1699, leaving issue) and five
daughters: Sir
GEORGE WYNNE, 1st Bt (E), so created 3 Dec 1660, of Nostell, Yorks; born
c 1607; High Sheriff Lincs 1657, royalist Civil War; married 1st
Rachel (died without issue by 1643), daughter of John Turner, of Ham,
Surrey; married 2nd c 1643 Elizabeth, daughter of Robert
Jeffreys, London Alderman (possibly identical with the Sir Robert Jeffreys who
was Lord Mayor London 1685–86); married 3rd 16 April 1654 Anne (buried
18 Jan 1701/2), daughter of Sir William Pelham (see BP&B 2003
YARBOROUGH, E), and died 18 July 1667, having by her had no issue; by
his 2nd wife he had, with three other sons: 1a Sir EDMUND WINN, 2nd Bt, of Nostell, Thornton
Curteis and Huntwick, Yorks; born c 1644; married 1st (licence 11
Dec 1668) his stepmother's younger sister Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William
Pelham; married 2nd by 1674 Catharine – (buried 15 Nov 1704) and
was buried 30 Aug 1694, leaving by her, with other issue: 1b Sir ROWLAND WINN, 3rd Bt, of Huntwick, Nostell
and Thornton Curteis; baptised 1 July 1675; married (licence 18
April 1702) Laetitia, daughter and coheir of William Harbord, of 1c Sir ROWLAND WINN, 4th Bt, of Huntwick,
Nostell and Thornton Curteis; born c 1706; Sheriff Yorks 1731–32, Parly
candidate for Yorks 1733; married 29 Aug 1729 Susanna (buried 24
March 1741/2), daughter and coheir of Charles Henshaw, of Wellhall, Eltham,
Kent, and died 23 Aug 1765, leaving, with other issue: 1d Sir ROWLAND WINN, 5th Bt, of Huntwick,
Nostell and Thornton Curteis; baptised 24 Feb 1739; briefly MP
Pontefract 1738 (unseated Nov); married by 1768 Sabine Louise (buried
21 Sept 1798), only daughter and heir of Jacques Philippe, Baron d'Hervert,
1e Sir ROWLAND WINN, 6th Bt, of Nostell and
Thornton Curteis; born 13 June 1775; High Sheriff Yorks 1799–1800; died
unmarried 14 Oct 1805 1e Esther Sabina; born 26 Nov 1768; married
Jan 1793 John Williamson and died Dec 1803, leaving, with a daughter
(died unm): 1f John WILLIAMSON later WINN (on inheriting
Nostell from his maternal uncle); died without issue 17 Nov 1817 2f Charles WILLIAMSON later WINN, of Nostell; married
16 June 1819 Priscilla (died 19 Nov 1884 aged 88), daughter of Sir
William Strickland, 6th Bt (see BLGRY 2005 STRICKLAND-CONSTABLE, Bt),
and had, with three daughters (died unm): 1g ROWLAND, 1st Baron 2g Edmund John; born 23 Aug 1830; married
1863 Frances Jane Edith, daughter of Stepney St George (see BIFR
1976), of Headford Castle, Co 1g Cecilia Isabella; born 6 Oct 1821; married
Sept 1848 Robert Manners Croft, eldest son of Ven James Croft, Archdeacon
Canterbury, and had issue 2g Esther Louisa; born 7 April 1824; married
15 Jan 1862 Rev Henry Sigismund de Cerjat, eldest son of Col Charles
Sigismund de Cerjat, 1st Roy Dragoons, of Rovereaz, 3g Katherine Matilda; born 5 Aug 1825; married
19 Aug 1846 William Assheton Cross, of Red Scar, Lancs, and died 16
April 1871, leaving issue 2d Edward, of Bramham, Yorks; baptised 1
April 1740; died unmarried 13 Sept 1782 1d Ann; married 12 April 1765 1st LORD
HEADLEY, BARON ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE (see below) 2b Edmund, of Ackton in Featherstone, Yorks; baptised
2 Dec 1678; died Feb 1743, having had: 1c Thomas, of Ackton; born c 1714; married
11 Dec 1753 Mary, daughter of Humphrey Duncalf, of Highgate,Middx, and died
7 May 1780, leaving: 1d Sir EDMUND MARK WINN, 7th Bt, of Nostell; baptised
16 Sept 1762; died unmarried 1 June 1833 3b George; baptised 19 Aug 1680; 1b Elizabeth; married 1st Joseph Taylor; married
2nd Dr Charles Trimnell, Bp Winchester 2a George, of S Ferraby, Lincs; born c 1645;
married Sarah, daughter of Charles Pelham, of Brocklesby, Lincs (see BP&B
2003 YARBOROUGH, E), and had: 1b Pelham, of 1c Sir GEORGE WINN later ALLANSON-WINN (roy
licence 20 Feb 1777), 1st Bt (GB), of Little Warley, Co Essex, and 1st LORD
HEADLEY, BARON ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE, Co Kerry (I), so created 14
Sept 1776 and 27 Nov 1797 respectively; born 1725; barrister Lincoln's
Inn 1755, Baron Court Exchequer Scotland 1761–76; inherited 1763 the estate of
his cousin, Mark Winn, of Little Warley, and 1775 that of his cousin, Charles
Allanson, of Bramham Biggin, Yorks (only s of William Allanson; see above);
MP Ripon (Pittite) 1789–98; married 1st 12 April 1765 his cousin Anne (died
9 Oct 1774), 6th daughter of Sir ROWLAND WINN, 4th Bt, of Nostell, and had
a daughter (Georgiana Anne, born 1769, died 1782); married 2nd
24 June 1783 Jane (died 1825), eldest daughter and heiress of Arthur
Blennerhassett, of Ballyseedy, Co Kerry (see BIFR 1976), and died 9
April 1798, having had, with two daughters: 1d Sir ALLANSON-WINN later WINN-ALLANSON, 8th
Bt, of Nostell, as which succeeded cousin June 1833, 2nd Bt, of Little
Warley, and 2nd LORD HEADLEY, BARON ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE; born 25
June 1784; educated Eton; MP (Tory) Ripon 1806–07, Malton 1807–08 and
Ludgershall 1811–12; married 19 Nov 1825 Anne Matthews (died 16
Feb 1863) and died without issue 9 April 1840 2d 1e CHARLES ALLANSON-WINN, 3rd LORD HEADLEY, BARON
ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE, DL ( 1f Rowland William; born 18, died 20
June 1842 2f CHARLES MARK ALLANSON-WINN, 4th LORD HEADLEY, BARON
ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE, JP, DL (Co Kerry), JP (Essex and Middx); born 4
Dec 1845; educated Harrow and Univ College Oxford; Capt HAC 1881–85, rep
I peer 1883, bankrupt 1886; married 31 Oct 1867 Elizabeth (Bessie)
Houssemayne (died Oct 1928), daughter of Rev John Blennerhassett (see
BIFR 1976), Rector Ryme, Dorset, and died 13 Jan 1913, leaving: 1g Avis Millicent Blennerhassett; married 1st
27 April 1896 Herbert 1f Laura Jane; married 5 Feb 1874 St
Lawrence Robert Morgan Tighe, DL (died 2 April 1895), and died 26
Oct 1923, having had issue 2f Millicent Julia; married 22 April 1876
Rev Richard John Livingstone, Rector Pencombe-cum-Marston Stannett, Herefs, Hon
Canon Liverpool (died 14 Oct 1907), and died 13 July 1933,
leaving issue 3f Marion Sybil; married 1st 25 Feb 1875
Capt Alexander Francis Powell, JP, DL (died 14 Dec 1886), of Hurdcott
House, Wilts, and had issue; married 2nd 13 Nov 1890 Rev Benjamin
Whitefoord, DD, Vicar Potterne, Wilts, Preb Salisbury, Pncpl Salisbury Theol
College (died 1910), and died April 1934 2e Rowland; born 5 June 1816; granted with
sister rank of baron's dau/yr s; married 28 March 1854 Margaretta
Stephana (died 10 March 1871), 2nd daughter of George Walker, of
Overhall, Essex, and died 8 May 1888, leaving: 1f ROWLAND GEORGE ALLANSON-WINN, 5th LORD
HEADLEY, BARON ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE, JP Kerry; born 19 Jan 1855;
educated Trin College Cambridge (BA); MICEI, FSE (Pres 1921), Pres Br
Muslim Soc (made pilgrimage to Mecca July 1923), Order Nahda 1st Cl 1923; married
1st 27 Oct 1899 Teresa St Josephine (died 23 Oct 1919), youngest
daughter of W H Johnson, Govr Leh and Jummu, India; married 2nd 11 Feb
1921 Barbara Janet Ainsleigh (died 1929), 7th daughter of Robert
Lawrence Kilpatrick, of Co Kerry, by Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Baynton, of Darlington;
married 3rd 28 July 1929 Catharine, fndr/chm Stonehenge Woollen Industry
Ltd (died 6 Jan 1947), daughter of Joseph William Lovibond, of Lake
House, Wilts and widow of Major Lindsay Bashford, OBE, RAOC, and d 22 June
1935, leaving by his 1st w: 1g ROWLAND PATRICK JOHN GEORGE ALLANSON-WINN, 6th
LORD HEADLEY, BARON ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE; born 22 May 1901; educated
privately; WW II: F/Offr RAFVR 1939–43 and Lt RNR 1943–45; married 18
Aug 1936 Edith Jane, youngest daughter of Rev George Dods, BD, Min Barry,
Ayrshire, and died without issue 17 Dec 1969 2g CHARLES ROWLAND ALLANSON-WINN, 7th and last
LORD HEADLEY, BARON ALLANSON AND WINN OF AGHADOE; born 19 May 1902; educated
Bedford Sch; married 8 Feb 1927 Hilda May, eldest daughter of Thomas
Wells Thorpe, of 52 Redington Rd, London NW, and died 1994, when all his
titles expired, having had: 1h John Rowland; born 14 Oct 1934; educated
Canford 1h •Pamela Jean; born 25 March 1928; married
8 Oct 1949 Ivan Beshoff, s of J Beshoff, of 1i •David Rowland; born 8 July 1950 2h •Janet Diana [The Hon Mrs Webb, Springs,
Rookery Dve, Westcott, Surrey]; born 13 April 1932; married 1st
24 Sept 1955 (divorce 1969) Antony John Vlassopulos, LLB, FICS, barrister,
only son of J N Vlassopulos, of L'Angelina, Cros-de-Cagnes, 1i •Christopher John Antony, born 6 Nov
1958 2i •Mark Charles Antony; born 27 Nov 1959 2h (cont.) The Hon Mrs Janet Vlassopoulos married
2nd 1975 •David Walter Webb 3h •Susan Ethel; born 26 May 1936 3g Thomas Frederick George, born 3 Aug
1903; died 15 Aug 1904 4g John Valentine; born 31 Oct 1904; educated
Bedford Sch; AIF WW II; married 23 Nov 1942 Barbara Muriel, daughter
of Owen Sparks, of 5g Owain Gwynedd; born 15 Feb 1906; educated
Bedford Sch; with Sudan Plantations Syndicate 1930–46; married 29
Oct 1938 •Ruth [The Hon Mrs Owain Allanson-Winn, PO Box 4340, George East, S
Africa], 2nd daughter of Cecil Orpin, of Strand House, Youghal, Co Cork and
formerly wife of Harry Stuart Pearson, and d 1993 1g Anne; born and died 15 Feb 1908 1f Helen Margaretta; granted with her sisters 19
Aug 1913 rank of baron's daughters; died unmarried 28 Feb 1941 2f Stephanie; married 6 Oct 1886 George
Maryon Wilson (died 26 July 1941), of Searles, 3f Margaretta Anne; died unmarried 22 June
1951 1e Jane Mary; died unmarried 13 Nov 1884
aged 72 CHARLES
WILLIAMSON later WINN died 17 Dec 1874 aged 79; his elder son, ROWLAND
WINN, 1st Baron Saint Oswald of Nostell, in the West Riding of
Co York (UK), so created 6 July 1885, DL; born 19 Feb 1820; MP
(C) N Lincs 1868–85, a Lord Treasury 1874–80; married 21 March 1854
Harriet Maria Amelia (died 6 June 1926), 2nd daughter of Col Henry
Dumaresq (see BP&B 1999 LANESBOROUGH, E), and had: 1a ROWLAND, 2nd Baron 2a Charles Cavendish; born Sept 1858; Maj
Rifle Bde, ADC to Gen cmdg Bde at Gibraltar; died unmarried Jan 1898 3a Algernon James; born 12 Jan 1861; died
unmarried 7 Aug 1894 4a George William Phipps; born 4 July 1863;
married 15 Oct 1907 Mary Cecily (died 8 May 1959), 3rd daughter
of Col Edward Mashiter Dansey, OBE (see BP&B 2003 GIFFORD, B), and died
without issue 2 March 1952 5a Cecil Henry; born 27 Oct 1866; married
10 July 1913 Alice Marjorie Iris (died 15 Oct 1964), daughter of
Henry Darley, DL, JP, of Aldby Park, Yorks (see BLG 1952), and died 23
March 1934, leaving: 1b (Henry) John, DSO (1951), MC; born 22
April 1914; Maj Roy Northumberland Fus WW II (wounded twice), Korea 1950–51
(wounded, despatches) and Kenya 1953–55 (despatches); married 10 May
1960 •Pamela Sylva [Mrs John Winn, Exelby House, Exelby, N Yorks DL8 2HB], only
daughter of Ernest Charles de Rougemont, CBE, of Coldharbour Park,
Hildenborough, Kent, by Mrs Erica Gardner, and died 1991, leaving: 1c +Martin John [Martin Winn Esq, 93 Palace Rd,
London SW2 3LB]; born 12 March 1961; married 1986 •Caroline Anne,
daughter of Douglas da Costa, of Maida Vale, and has: 1d +Hugo John; born 1991 1d •Hannah Louise; born 1993 2d •Eleanor Mary Heather; born 12 Oct
1997 1c •Fiona Jane [Mrs Bruce Moriarty, 7 Habgood
St, E Fremantle, WA 6158, Australia]; born 9 July 1962; married 1988
•Bruce J Moriarty, s of Donald Moriarty, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and has: 1d •Ryan James; born 28 Sept 1996 1d •Kate Sylva; born 4 July 1998 2b +(Geoffrey) Mark Victor [Mark Winn Esq, Aldby
Park, Buttercrambe, York]; born 8 Aug 1918; Capt RE WW II; married 1st
17 Sept 1958 Alice Alexandra (died 1991), 4th daughter of Peter Haig
Thomas (see BP&B 2003 NORMANTON, E), and has: 1c +Geoffrey George WINN later WINN-DARLEY (roy
licence 1985); born 2 Aug 1966 1c •Rosemary Alice [Mrs Christopher Nenadich,
The Mole Hole, Ocle Pychard, Herefs]; born 26 Aug 1960; married 1993
•Christopher Milan Nenadich and has: 1d •Megan Rose; born 1993 2c •Iris Alexandra; born 5 Aug 1964 2b (cont.) Mark Winn married 2nd 3 Sept
1994 •Patsy, formerly wife of H Macmillan 1a Laura Sophia Priscilla; married 23 Jan
1883 4th and last Baron Cloncurry (died 12 Feb 1928; see BP&B
1928) and died 29 Oct 1891, leaving issue 2a Emily Louisa; died unmarried 16 Nov 1927 3a Maud Julia Mary; married 31 May 1900
Lt-Gen Hon Sir (Alan) Richard Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, KCB, KCMG, DSO (see BLGRY
2005 WHARNCLIFFE, E), and died 17 June 1938, leaving issue The
1st BARON died 20 Jan 1893; his elder son, ROWLAND
WINN, 2nd Baron Saint Oswald of Nostell, JP, DL W R Yorks; born
1 Aug 1857; MP (C) Pontefract 1885–93, Capt Coldstream Gds; married 10
Oct 1892 Mabel Susan (died 14 Feb 1919), 3rd daughter of Sir Charles
Forbes, 4th Bt, of Newe (see BP&B 2003), and had: 1a ROWLAND GEORGE, 3rd Baron 2a Charles John Frederick; born 6 Oct 1896;
educated Eton and RMC Sandhurst; F/O AAF, Lt 10th Hus 1914–22, WW I
1914–17 (wounded), ADC to Br Mil Rep at Marshal Foch's HQ 1918, F/O 616 Yorks
Aux (F) Sqdn 1938, S/Ldr 1943, with Br Air Commn Washington, USA; married 1st
16 July 1919 (divorce 1925) Hon Olive Cecilia Paget (died 1974),
eldest daughter of 1st and last Baron Queenborough (see BP&B 2003
ANGLESEY, M), and had: 1b •Pauline Katherine; born 18 July 1920; married
1st 30 Nov 1940 (divorce 1947) G/Capt Hon Edward Frederick Ward (see
BP&B 2003 DUDLEY, E); married 2nd 28 Oct 1948 (divorce 1958)
Norman Frank Paul Butler, s of Paul Butler, of Old Oak Brook, Hinsdale, Ill.,
and Palm Beach, Fla. and has: 1c •Sandra Pauline Whitney; born 29 July
1949; married •Timothy J Heise 2c •Paget; born 6 Feb 1953; married •Baron
Ernest von Wedel 1b (cont.) Mrs Pauline Butler married 3rd
12 Sept 1960 •Boyd de Brossard, of NY 2b Susan Mary Sheila; born 27 April 1923; married
1st 29 July 1946 (divorce 1971) Capt Hon Geoffrey Denis Erskine
Russell (later 4th Baron Ampthill; see BP&B 2003), and had issue; married
2nd 19 Dec 1972, as his 4th wife, Lt-Col Edward Remington-Hobbs, DSO, OBE (died
29 July 1997) 2a (cont.) The Hon Charles Winn married 2nd
1929 (divorce 1938) Katherine, daughter of Henry van Heukelom, and by her
had: 1b +Michael Peter Anthony [Michael Winn, 301 East
69th St, New York, NY 10021, USA]; born 12 Oct 1933; married 1963
•Caroline Knowlton, daughter of Charles T Lipscomb, of Charleston, SC, and has: 1c +Charles Michael Anthony; born 1967 2a (cont.) The Hon Charles Winn married 3rd
17 Aug 1938 Theodora (died 1978), daughter of Warren Thorpe, of New York
and formerly wife of W Palmer Dixon, and d 1 May 1968 3a Reginald Henry; born 4 Sept 1899; educated
Eton and Ch Ch Oxford; Maj Gren Gds, WWs I and II; married 24 March
1924 •Alice, daughter of Moncure Perkins, of Virginia, and died 1985,
having had: 1b Reginald David Alexander; born 27 July
1937; educated Eton and Ch Ch Oxford; accidentally drowned 15 Sept 1963 1b •Elizabeth Susan [Miss Elizabeth Winn, Neville
Ho, 15 Onslow Gdns, London SW7 3AW]; born 25 Jan 1925 2b •Anne [The Hon Mrs Anne Wyndham, Thatched
Cottage, Chilson, Charlbury, Oxon 0X7 3HU]; born 1926; married 21
Jan 1947 (divorce 1985) Capt Hon Mark Hugh Wyndham, MC, 12th Lancers,
and has issue (see BP&B 2003 EGREMONT, LECONFIELD OF LECONFIELD and,
B) 4a Anthony Edmund; born 4 Jan 1909; Capt
Queen's Westminsters, KRRC, WW II; killed in action Egypt Nov 1942 1a Edith Victoria Blanche; born 12 Jan
1895; married 10 July 1916 Lt-Col Guy Randolph Westmacott, DSO, Gren
Gds, only son of Maj-Gen Sir Richard Westmacott, KCB, DSO, and died 5
June 1966, leaving issue The
2nd BARON died 13 April 1919; his eldest son, ROWLAND
GEORGE WINN, 3rd Baron Saint Oswald of Nostell; born 29 July
1893; educated Eton and RMC Sandhurst; Capt Res of Offrs Coldstream Gds
and Staff Offr RAF WW I (wounded, 1914 star, two medals); married 29 Oct
1915 Evie Carew (died 9 June 1976), daughter of Charles Greene, and died
25 Feb 1957, leaving: 1a ROWLAND DENYS GUY WINN, 4th Baron Saint Oswald
of Nostell, MC (1952), DL (W R Yorks 1962); born 19 Sept 1916; educated
Stowe and Us of Bonn and Freiburg; Reuter's correspondent Spain 1935, Daily
Telegraph war correspondent 1936 (condemned to death Spanish Civil War
1936), 8th King's Roy Irish Hus WW II (despatches), volunteer Korea 1950–52,
Lord in Waiting 1959–62, Jt Parly Sec Min Ag 1962–64, PPS to Lord Privy Seal
1970; Pres: Soc of Yorkshiremen in London and Yorks Soc 1960–61, Yorkshire YCs
1965, Anglia Polish Soc 1980, Gt Yorkshire Show 1968–69; MEP 1973–79, Hon Col
150th (Northumbrian) Regt RCT (V) 1967, V-Chm Centl & E European Commn of
European Movement, Chev Order Leopold Belgium with Palm, Belgian Croix de
Guerre with Palm 1951, Legn Hon and Croix de Guerre with palm France 1945,
Grand Cross Order Polonia Restituta 1977, Grand Cross Isabel la Católica Spain
1980, author: Lord Highport Dropped at Dawn (1949), My Dear It's
Heaven (1950), Carmela (1954); married 1st 8 May 1952 (divorce
1955) Laurian, only daughter of Sir Roderick Jones, KBE, of Rottingdean,
Sussex; married 2nd 24 June 1955 Marie Wanda (died 14 Feb 1981),
younger daughter of Sigismund Jaxa-Chamiec, of Filtrowa, Warsaw, and died 1984 2a DEREK EDWARD ANTHONY, 5th Baron The
4th BARON's younger brother, DEREK
EDWARD ANTHONY WINN, 5th Baron Saint Oswald of Nostell, DL (WR Yorks 1987)); born
9 July 1919; educated Stowe; served 60th Rifles, 2nd Lt KRRC 1938,
Capt Para Regt WW II N Africa (wounded), ADC to Govr-Gen NZ 1943–45, Malayan
Police Serv 1948–52, film producer 1953–67, farm owner; Pres: Wakefield Hospice
1985–99, Wakefield MS Soc 1985–99; author I Served Caesar (1972); married
10 June 1954 •Denise Eileen Charlotte [The Rt Hon Denise Lady St Oswald, 36
Broad St, Ludlow, Salop], only daughter of Wilfrid Haig Loyd (see BP&B
2003 OAKELEY, Bt), and died 18 March 1999, leaving: 1a CHARLES ROWLAND ANDREW WINN, 6th and present Baron
Saint Oswald of Nostell 1a •Geva Charlotte Caroline [The Hon Mrs Blackett,
Clunie Cottage, Braemar, Aberdeenshire AB35 5QX]; born 15 Sept 1955; married
1987 •(John) Simon Blackett and has issue (see that Bt BP&B 2003) Seat:
Nostell
Priory, Wakefield, W Yorkshire. This is one of James Paine's first works,
dating from the 1730s. Thirty years later it was added to by Robert Adam, who
built on a wing. He also decorated the interior. The state rooms, with their
exquisite plasterwork, are particularly fine examples of the Scottish
architect's work and are enhanced by the Chippendale furniture specially
designed to be seen in the high-18th-century setting he created at Nostell. Yorkshire Peerage
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