He was the younger son of Jane Gladwin, lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte, and her husband, William Wynyard, colonel of the 5th Regiment of Foot, deputy adjutant general, and equerry to George III.
Robert Henry Wynyard was a New Zealand colonial administrator for the British Government
He was Lieutenant Governor of New Ulster Province
He was appointed the first Superintendent of Auckland Province
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