1806.] Account of' Mr. John Hiuldlestojie JFi/nne. 



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V'viiig foil, I liaften to give the beft infor- 

 luatiou I can on the fubjett. I am furry, 

 however, to fay, tliat I am wholly unable 

 to furnilh a lilt of his works, and lliall 

 tiierefore feel oblisied by any additional 

 information on this fubject other contri- 

 butors to your IVIilcellany may fupply. 

 Some authentic particulars of his life 1 

 have here educed ; but with extreme re- 

 gret I have to obferve, their cfjmplexion is 

 Inch, that, though tlicy may tend to in- 

 form, they are not likely to amufe ; for 

 indeed the moll accurate detail of iMr. 

 Wynne's life would be little more than a 

 fnmniary of misfortunes from his birth to 

 his death. By fume it will be imagined 

 a part of the following account lliould 

 luive been omitted, namely, the unhappy 

 differences between my parents which uc- 

 cafioned their feparation ; but as this is 

 perhaps tlie only rcafon to bo alligned for 

 the indigent ftate in which they were; in- 

 volved, 1 have therefore mentioned it. 

 For niyfeif, I have ever to lament that 

 fuch difputes occurred,' as from this fource 

 I account for my having been, at their 

 death, turned adrift on the world, with- 

 out a profeffion, uneducated, defiitute, 

 ajid friendlefs. It would, however, be 

 wronging the memory of tny deceafed fa- 

 ther to omit mentioning, that it is per- 

 haps chiefly owing to the found principles 

 of morality imbibed during the ihort in- 

 tervals I had of liftening to his admoni- 

 tions, that I have been enabled to fteer 

 through life, and to avoid thofe tempta- 

 tions to vice by which fo many, limilarly 

 fituated, have fallen vittims. Having 

 thus far premifed, I proceed to give the 

 beft account I am at prefent enfibled to 

 fuinilli of the life of my depeafed father. 

 I am, Sir, &c. 

 Charles Edward Wynne, 

 June 20, 1806. 



A Sketch of the Life of Mr. John Hiid- 

 cllejtune Wt/nne. 



Edv/ard Wynne, Richard Wynne, and 

 Thuraas Wynne, were fons of a gentle- 

 man of Wellh extrattion, who gave them 

 rel'pc(':tively a liberal education. Edward 

 enjoyed a iituation under Government, 

 and refided on a fmall eltatc in Southamp- 

 ton. Richard had a clafncal education, 

 obtained the degree of mafter of arts, be- 

 came aftcnvards chaplain to the Earl of 

 Dunmorc, and reftor of St. Alphage, Lon- 

 don ; was author of An Univerfal (Jram- 

 niar of the Ix-arned Languages, Letters on 

 Education, ajid feveral other productions. 

 Aud Thomas held a iituation in tiie oflice 



MoMutY Mao., No. 140. 



of the Duke of Bedford. Edward was 

 conlidered handfome, and hud a good ad- 

 drefs. I!^ married thrice, and had por- 

 tions with all his wives. By the lirll of 

 thefe ladies he had one fon only, who 

 was chrillened John Iluddlellone, the 

 fubject of the prefent memoir. — Mr. J(jhri 

 Huddleitone Wynne, a character pretty 

 generally known in the literary world, 

 was born in the year 1743, and flourilhed 

 between the years 1700 and 178(5. 



Being an only child, his mother was 

 particularly folicitous for his fafety ; and 

 as it generally happens that the imprel- 

 fions rcceived in chilflhood are retained, 

 and pervade our ideas the rell of our 

 lives, fo it happened with the fubject of 

 the prefent efl'ay, who imbibed fome ec- 

 centricities from his too-indulgent rar>- 

 ther, of which he never afterwards be- 

 came entirely divefled. Her anxiety for 

 his health and prcfervation kept her in a 

 f)erpetual ftate of alarm. He was encom- 

 palTed with flannels winter and fummer, 

 and bled and phyficked for the moft tri- 

 fling indilpolition. And callhig him to 

 her be<l-iide, when on the point of death, 

 llie in-ide him foleinnly promife that he 

 would attend her injunctions, which, 

 among ieveral others, were, to lliun 

 horfes, never to go in a boat, or enter a 

 belfry. Had not thefe cautions been too 

 much heeded, and occaiioiied a peculia- 

 rity of manner in his condutt which feeni- 

 ed unaccountable, thefe circumftances 

 would not have been noticed. But though 

 the care and attention he experienced 

 from his mother during her life-time 

 plainly indicated he was a great favourite 

 with her, yet it feems he was in no high 

 eftimation with his father and other of 

 his relations, who, as appears by their 

 conduct to him, rather envied or ftrove to 

 fupprefs his dawning genius, than ufed 

 any endeavour to folter it. Taught by 

 his father early to contemn mechanical 

 employments, and expecting he fliould be 

 bred to Ibme liberal profelfion, he was 

 much difappointed by being, contrary to 

 his expectations, prematurely appren- 

 ticed, at the age of thirteen, as compofi- 

 tor to a letter-prefs printer. Kis educa- 

 tion was by no means iinillied : he had 

 been initiated in Latin at St. Paul's 

 fchool : the progrefs he afterwards made 

 in clalfical knowled?^e muft have been at- 

 tained during his leifure-hours, when the 

 buiinefs of the day was over, undirected 

 by any, and the fole refult of his own ex- 

 ertions. \'ery early in life he evinced his 

 poetical talent, having, when fcarcely 

 c fcight 



