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Walter Wilkins (1781–1839)
Walter de Winton (1839–1851)

1781/2–51

Clergyman. Father of Charles Lorenzo Wilkins. Adopted the name de Winton in 1839. Resident at Hay Castle, Brecon. Vicar of Llangan and Bronllys, Brecon, and Boughrood, Radnorshire; prebendary of Brecon, 1850–51.

Sources

Burke’s landed gentry 1868, s.v. de Winton

Clergy list 1841–51

Gloucestershire, England, Church of England burials, 1813–1988 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 7 August 2019)

Bibliography

Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.

Clergy list: The clergy list … containing an alphabetical list of the clergy. London: C. Cox [and others]. 1841–89.

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