Biography of Robert Wynne of Ruthin

 St Mary's Church, Chirk

Robert Wynne of Ruthin is in Sculptors.

After 1718. St Mary's Church, Chirk [Map]. Monument to Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet and his wife Frances Whitmore Lady Myddelton, their daughter Frances Myddelton who died young and their son William Myddelton 4th Baronet (age 24) who died two years after his father. Sculpted by Robert Wynne of Ruthin, commissioned by Mary Myddelton.

White marble, a gadrooned and panelled base, with a long inscription, set forward carrying the life-sized recumbent figure of William Myddelton 4th Baronet (age 24), behind, his standing parents, fashionably dressed and flanking a corniced die with an urn crest, and displaying on its front a swaddled child. The figures are flanked by Corinthian Columns supporting an entablature, the cornice arched at the centre with roses on its soffit. Flaming urns stand above the columns, and the family crest, garlanded with a helmet and red hand crest above the arch.

Frances Myddelton: she was born to Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet and Frances Whitmore Lady Myddelton. She died young.

William Myddelton 4th Baronet: Around 1694 he was born to Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet and Frances Whitmore Lady Myddelton. On 29 Apr 1716 Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet died and was buried at St Mary's Church, Chirk. His funeral cost £365. His son William Myddelton 4th Baronet succeeded 4th Baronet Myddelton of Chirk Castle. On 05 Jan 1718 William Myddelton 4th Baronet died unmarried. Baronet Myddelton of Chirk Castle extinct.

Mary Myddelton: she was born to Richard Myddelton 3rd Baronet and Frances Whitmore Lady Myddelton.