Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont – link to Earl of Northumberland

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==Inheritance==

He succeeded to the Orchard Wyndham estates and as [[Wyndham baronets|4th baronet]] on his father's death in 1740, and in 1750 succeeded by [[special remainder]] as 2nd [[Earl of Egremont]], on the death of his maternal uncle [[Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset]], 1st Earl of Egremont, and received, as his share of the Seymour inheritance, the former Percy estates, including [[Egremont Castle]] in Cumbria, [[Leconfield|Leconfield Castle]] in Yorkshire and the palatial [[Petworth House]] in [[Sussex]] (rebuilt by the 6th Duke<ref>"In 1682 Petworth passed by marriage from the Percies to the 6th Duke of Somerset and it is to him ''the Proud Duke'' that we owe by far the larger part of the existing house" ([[Nicolson, Nigel]], ''Great Houses of Britain'', London, 1978, p. 165).</ref>). These were formerly owned by the [[House of Percy|Percy family]], and had been inherited by the 7th Duke of Somerset from his mother, Lady [[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|Elizabeth Percy]] (died 1722),<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 411.</ref> daughter and heiress of [[Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland]].

His younger brother was [[Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond]], created [[Earl of Thomond]], having become the chosen heir of his mother's sister's childless husband [[Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond]] (1688–1741).

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 ==Inheritance==
-He succeeded to the Orchard Wyndham estates and as [[Wyndham baronets|4th baronet]] on his father's death in 1740, and in 1750 succeeded by [[special remainder]] as 2nd [[Earl of Egremont]], on the death of his maternal uncle [[Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset]], 1st Earl of Egremont, and received, as his share of the Seymour inheritance, the former Percy estates, including [[Egremont Castle]] in Cumbria, [[Leconfield|Leconfield Castle]] in Yorkshire and the palatial [[Petworth House]] in [[Sussex]] (rebuilt by the 6th Duke<ref>"In 1682 Petworth passed by marriage from the Percies to the 6th Duke of Somerset and it is to him ''the Proud Duke'' that we owe by far the larger part of the existing house" ([[Nicolson, Nigel]], ''Great Houses of Britain'', London, 1978, p. 165).</ref>). These were formerly owned by the [[House of Percy|Percy family]], and had been inherited by the 7th Duke of Somerset from his mother, Lady [[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|Elizabeth Percy]] (died 1722),<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 411.</ref> daughter and heiress of [[Joceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland]].
+He succeeded to the Orchard Wyndham estates and as [[Wyndham baronets|4th baronet]] on his father's death in 1740, and in 1750 succeeded by [[special remainder]] as 2nd [[Earl of Egremont]], on the death of his maternal uncle [[Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset]], 1st Earl of Egremont, and received, as his share of the Seymour inheritance, the former Percy estates, including [[Egremont Castle]] in Cumbria, [[Leconfield|Leconfield Castle]] in Yorkshire and the palatial [[Petworth House]] in [[Sussex]] (rebuilt by the 6th Duke<ref>"In 1682 Petworth passed by marriage from the Percies to the 6th Duke of Somerset and it is to him ''the Proud Duke'' that we owe by far the larger part of the existing house" ([[Nicolson, Nigel]], ''Great Houses of Britain'', London, 1978, p. 165).</ref>). These were formerly owned by the [[House of Percy|Percy family]], and had been inherited by the 7th Duke of Somerset from his mother, Lady [[Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset|Elizabeth Percy]] (died 1722),<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 411.</ref> daughter and heiress of Joceline Percy, 11th [[Earl of Northumberland]].
 His younger brother was [[Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond]], created [[Earl of Thomond]], having become the chosen heir of his mother's sister's childless husband [[Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond]] (1688–1741).