Wynne of Avoca

WYNNE OF AVOCA OR, MORE APTLY, OF TIGRONEY IN THE VALE OF AVOCA, THE RIVER

THE RT HON OWEN WYNNE (1723-89), of Hazelwood, County Sligo, High Sheriff of County Sligo, 1745 and 1758, MP for County Sligo, 1749-76, Sligo Borough, 1776-89, espoused, in 1754, Anne, sister of Robert, Earl of Farnham, and had issue,

Owen, his heir, of Hazelwood;
John;
HENRY, of whom we treat;
Robert, of Rathmines Castle;
Richard (Rev);
William, barrister, MP;
Catherine.

Mr Wynne's third son,

THE REV HENRY WYNNE (c1757-1828), Rector of Killucan, County Westmeath, married, in 1796, Katherine, daughter of John Eckersall, of Claverton House, near Bath, Somerset, and had issue,

HENRY;

John George (Rev);

George;

Charles;

Lucy Catherine; Clara; Catherine; Anne.

The eldest son,

THE REV HENRY WYNNE (1799-1847), Rector of Ardcolm, County Wexford, wedded Marianne, daughter of Solomon Richards, of Roebuck, near Dublin, and had issue,

Henry Eckersall;

Frederick Richards (Rt Rev), Lord Bishop of Killaloe;

ALBERT AUGUSTUS, of whom hereafter;

Charles Edward;

Owen Llewellyn;

Elizabeth Agnes; Adelaide.

The third son,

ALBERT AUGUSTUS WYNNE JP (1833-1922), of Tigroney, Avoca, County Wicklow, and Glendalough Cottage, near Rathdrum, in the same county, married, in 1870, Alice Catherine, daughter of the Rev John George Wynne, Rector of Lorum, County Carlow, and had issue,

John (Jack) Brian (1877-1977);

Charles Wyndham (1895-1917);

Emily Adelaide (1872-1958); 

Winifred Frances (1873-1969);

Alice Clara Veronica (1890-1969).

Emily, Winifred, and Veronica Wynne established Avoca Handweavers.