Windham Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

The Right Honourable The Earl of Dunraven CB DSO
5th Earl of Dunraven
Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire
In office 1895–1906
Preceded by	Arthur John Williams
Succeeded by	William Brace
High Sheriff of County Kilkenny
In office 1914–1917
Preceded by	Walter Charles Lindsay
Succeeded by	Godfrey Herbert Bloomfield
Personal details
Born	(1857-02-07)7 February 1857
Died	23 October 1952(1952-10-23) (aged 95) Adare Manor, County Limerick, Ireland
Resting place	St. Nicholas' Church of Ireland, Adare, Ireland
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke
Parents	Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin (father) Caroline Tyler (mother)
Relatives	Windham Quin (paternal grandfather) Windham Wyndham-Quin (cousin) Richard Southwell Bourke (father-in-law) Richard Wyndham-Quin (son)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1881-1895
Rank	Colonel
Unit	16th Lancers Imperial Yeomanry 4th (Glamorgan) Company, IY
Battles / wars	First Boer War Second Boer War

Colonel Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl CB DSO (7 February 1857 – 23 October 1952) was an Irish peer, British Army officer and a Conservative Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire (1895–1906).

He was the son of Captain Hon. Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin (1829–1865), a younger son of Windham Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, by his wife Caroline Tyler, daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir George Tyler. He succeeded to the Earldom on the death of his cousin Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, who died in 1926 without male issue.

Wyndham-Quin was a major in the 16th Lancers, and served in the First Boer War in 1881.^[1]

He again volunteered for service in South Africa in early 1900, during the Second Boer War, and was appointed a captain in the Imperial Yeomanry on 14 February 1900.^[2] He raised and commanded the 4th (Glamorgan) Company, IY,^[1] which left Liverpool on the SS Cymric in March 1900 to serve as a company of the 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.^[3] On 18 April 1900 he was appointed 2nd in command of this battalion. He was mentioned in despatches, received the Queen's medal (3 clasps), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900.^[4] On return from South Africa he raised and commanded the Glamorgan Imperial Yeomanry, a full regiment that perpetuated 4th Company.^[5] He was promoted to the honorary rank of colonel on 19 Oct 1901.^[6]

In the 1895 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for South Glamorganshire, winning the seat for the Conservative Party. He was re-elected in 1900, but lost the seat in the 1906 general election.^[1]

He served as High Sheriff of County Kilkenny for 1914.

Dunraven married Lady Eva Constance Aline Bourke (1858–1940), daughter of Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of India, and Hon. Blanche Wyndham, daughter of the 1st Baron Leconfield. They had the following children:

• Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (1887–1965)
• Captain Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin (22 May 1890 – 1983), married Marjorie Pretyman in 1919 and had three daughters, including Marjorie Olein, wife of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury, and Pamela, wife of John Wyndham, 6th Baron Leconfield
• Lady Olein Wyndham-Quin (5 March 1892 – 1969)
• Miss Kathleen Sybil Wyndham-Quin (1895–1907)

He died at Adare Manor and is buried at St. Nicholas' Church of Ireland in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland.

• The Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucester and Monmouth (1897)
• Sir Charles Tyler, GCB, Admiral of the White (1912)
• The Foxhound in County Limerick

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
• "Wyndham-Quinn, Col. Windham Henry" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 264  – via Wikisource.