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Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (Nathaniel Hone the Elder,1766)
Member of the Great Britain Parliament for Caernarvonshire
In office 1761–1774
Preceded by	Sir John Wynn
Succeeded by	Thomas Assheton Smith
Member of the Great Britain Parliament for St Ives with: Adam Drummond
In office 1775–1780
Preceded by	Adam Drummond William Praed
Succeeded by	William Praed Abel Smith
Member of the Great Britain Parliament for Beaumaris
In office 1796–1800
Preceded by	Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
Succeeded by	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament for Beaumaris
In office 1801–1807
Preceded by	Parliament of Great Britain
Succeeded by	Edward Pryce Lloyd
Personal details
Born	1736
Died	12 October 1807 (aged 68–69)
Spouses	Lady Catherine Perceval ​ ​ (m. 1766; died 1782)​ Maria Stella Chiappini ​ (m. 1786)​
Children	Thomas Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough Spencer Bulkeley Wynn, 3rd Baron Newborough
Parent	Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
Occupation	Politician, peer

Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough (1736 – 12 October 1807), known as Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet, from 1773 to 1776, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1807.

Career

Wynn was the son of Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet. He went to Italy on the "Grand Tour" in 1759–60. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire from 1761 to 1774, for St Ives from 1775 to 1780 and for Beaumaris from 1796 to 1807. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire between 1761 and 1781 and raised and commanded the Carnarvon Militia. Wynn succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1773 and in 1776 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Newborough, of Newborough.

Lord Newborough died in October 1807 and was succeeded in his titles by his elder son from his second marriage, Thomas. Lady Newborough later remarried and died in 1843.