Windham family

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The Windham family was a prominent English landed gentry lineage associated with Norfolk, noted for its political influence and long-standing country estate holdings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English landed gentry family
associatedWithRegion Norfolk NERFINISHED
country England
economicBase agricultural production
rental income from land
hasEstateType country estates
hasNotableRole political influence in Norfolk
hasSurnameVariant Windham NERFINISHED
Wyndham NERFINISHED
heldOffice High Sheriff (in Norfolk or nearby counties)
Justice of the Peace
Member of Parliament
heritage English aristocratic lineage
historicalPeriod 18th century Britain
19th century Britain
early modern England
influenced local parliamentary representation in Norfolk
landholdingStatus major landowners in Norfolk
language English
nobilityStatus landed gentry (below peerage)
notableMember Sir John Windham NERFINISHED
Sir William Windham NERFINISHED
William Windham (statesman) NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Tory (for several members)
Whig (for some later members)
propertyType agricultural estates
country houses
socialClass gentry
socialRole county elite
local political patrons

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Felbrigg Hall laterOwnedBy Windham family