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1892—98 ; Vicar of Chirton and Marden, 1898 until his death. He 

 wrote many poems, several of which were published in the Argosy. 

 He was very popular in his parishes and beyond their limits was best 

 known as an uncompromising politician on the Unionist side, his 

 somewhat violent letters and speeches earning him the title of " The 

 Fighting Parson." His widow and four sons survive him. 

 Long obit, notice, Wiltshire Gazette, June 5th, 1913. 



Rt. Hon. George Wyndham, died suddenly in Paris, June 8th, 

 1913, aged 50. Buried at East Knoyle. Born 1863, s. of Percy Wyndham, 

 who died 1911. Educated at Eton, entered Coldstream Guards and 

 served in Suakim campaign. He left the army and became private sec- 

 retary to Mr. A. J. Balfour, then Chief Secretary for Ireland. M.P. for 

 Dover, 1889 until his death. Under Secretary for War, 1898. Chief Sec- 

 retary for Ireland, 1900, he was the author of the Land Purchase Act of 

 1903. He was in favour of woman's suffrage, and a strong Protectionist. 

 Lord Rector of Glasgow University, 1902, and of Edinburgh, 1908. Hon. 

 U.C.L. of Oxford and Hon. LL.D. .of Edinburgh. " A keen yeomanry 

 officer and above all a man of exquisite taste and wide knowledge." He 

 was " a first-class man of letters as well as a distinguished politician," 

 and was especially at home in the literature and history of the sixteenth 

 century. " Wherever the writings of George Wyndham are read there 

 will be found in them a very noble and sincere attachment for some of 

 the noblest things ; something like the mind of Sir Philip Sidney, as 

 thorough in devotion as in criticism and controversy " {Times). He 

 married, 1887, the widow of Lord Grosvenor, who survives him. His 

 son, Percy Wyndham, married, 1913, Diana, d. of Lord Ribblesdale. 



Long obit, notice. Times, June 10th; portraits, Sphere and Queen, 

 June 14th, 1913. 



