Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet

Who was Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet?

Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet was a Welsh landowner and MP.

He was the only son of Henry Wynn of Rhiwgoch, Merioneth and educated at the Inner Temple, 1646. He inherited the Watstay Estate through his marriage to Jane Evans, which he renamed the Wynnstay Estate. He also, allegedly, won the manor of Stanwardine in Shropshire from Thomas Corbett in a snail race.

He succeeded his cousin Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet as a baronet in 1674 but did not inherit the Gwydyr Estate, which passed to his predecessor's daughter Mary.

He served as High Sheriff of Denbighshire for 1671-3, as High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire for 1674-75 and as High Sheriff of Merionethshire for 1675-76. He was Custos Rotulorum of Merionethshire for 1678-1688, 1690–96 and 1700-11.