Max Wyndham, 2nd Baron Egremont

Egremont is the eldest son of John Wyndham, 1st Baron Egremont, and Pamela Wyndham-Quin. He is a direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham. His father was raised to the peerage as Baron Egremont in 1963, the same year as his grandfather succeeded his older brother in the Leconfield barony. They took their seats in the House of Lords on the same day.

Egremont grew up at Petworth House. He was educated first at Heatherdown School near Ascot, then at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he read modern history. He succeeded to both baronies upon the death of his father in 1972.

Egremont has worked for the American publishing firm Crowell Collier Macmillan and on the staff of U.S. Senator Hugh Scott in Washington, D.C.

Egremont married Caroline Nelson, a garden designer, granddaughter of Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough, in 1978. They have four children, three daughters and a son:

Hon. Jessica Mary Wyndham (born 27 April 1979)

Hon. Constance Rose Wyndham (born 20 December 1980)

Hon. George Ronan Valentine Wyndham (born 31 July 1983), heir apparent to the baronies.

Hon. Mary Christian Wyndham (born 4 October 1985)

He lives at the family seat of Petworth House in Sussex, which his family gave to the National Trust in 1947.