Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

Arms of Thynne: Quarterly: 1st and 4th: Barry of ten or and sable (Boteville); 2nd and 3rd: Argent, a lion rampant with tail nowed and erected gules (Thynne)

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath KG (25 January 1765 – 27 March 1837), styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until 1796, was a British peer.

Origins

Thynne was the eldest son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, who he succeeded as 2nd Marquess in 1796.

Education

He was educated at Winchester College and admitted as a nobleman to St John's College, Cambridge in 1785, graduating M.A. in 1787.^[1]

Political career

Between 1786 and 1790, he was MP (Tory) for Weobley. He later sat for Bath from 1790 to 1796. He was Lord Lieutenant of Somerset between 1819 and 1837 and was invested as a Knight of the Garter on 16 July 1823.

Marriage & progeny

Lord Bath married the Honourable Isabella Elizabeth Byng, daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington, on 14 April 1794. They had eleven children:

Lady Elizabeth Thynne (1795–1866), married John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor and had issue.
Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1796 – 16 January 1837), married Harriet Robbins.
Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797 – 24 June 1837)

Monument and effigy of Reverend Lord John Thynne (1798-1881), Westminster Abbey

Reverend Lord John Thynne (1798–1881), Canon of Westminster Abbey, of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire. He married Anne Beresford and had issue. He inherited the manors of Haynes, Bedfordshire and Kilkhampton, Cornwall, from his uncle John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret, last Baron Carteret.^[2] His monument and effigy sculpted by Henry Armstead (1828 - 1905), survive in Westminster Abbey.^[3]
Lady Louisa Thynne (25 Mar 1801–1859), married Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood and had issue.
Lord William Thynne (1802–1890), married Belinda Brumel.
Lord Francis Thynne (1805–1821)
Lord Edward Thynne (1807–1884), married first Elizabeth Mellish and second Cecilia Anne Mary Gore, by whom he had issue.
Lord George Thynne (1808-19 Jun 1832)
Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne (1811–1895), married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and had issue.
Reverend Lord Charles Thynne (1813–1894), married Harriet Bagot and had issue, including a daughter who married the 4th Earl of Kenmare.

Death & burial

Lord Bath died in 1837, aged 72, and was buried at his home, Longleat House. His eldest son Thomas predeceased him by some two months and he was therefore succeeded by his second son Henry.

Family tree summary for the Thynnes of Longleat from about 1500^[4]

Ralph Botevile^[5]

Thomas Thynne^[5]

William Thynne^[5]^[6]
d. 1546

Sir John Thynne of Longleat^[7]
b.c.1515, d.1580

Francis Thynne^[6]
b.c.1544, d.1608

Sir John of Longleat^[8]
b.1550, d.1604

Charles Thynne^[9]
b.c.1568, d.1652

Sir Thomas of Longleat^[10],
d.1639

James of Longleat^[11],
b.1605, d.1670

Thomas of Richmond^[12],
d.1669

Henry Frederick,
1st Baronet of Kempsford.
b.1615 d.1680

Thomas of Longleat,^[13]
b.1648, assassinated 1682

Thomas, 1st Viscount Weymouth^[14],
b.1640, inherited Longleat 1682, d.1714

James of Buckland,
d.1709

Henry Frederick,
d.1705

unmarried

Henry^[15],
b.1675, d.1708

Thomas, d.1710
a month before his son was born

two daughters but no sons

Thomas, 2nd Viscount Weymouth^[16],
b.1710, d.1751

Thomas, 1st Marquess of Bath^[17],
b.1734, d.1796

Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret^[18]
b.1735, d.1826

no children

Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath^[19],
b.1765, d.1837

George, 2nd Baron Carteret
b.1770, d.1838

John, 3rd Baron Carteret
b.1772, d.1849

no children

Henry, 3rd Marquess of Bath^[20]
b.1797, d.1837

Lord Edward Thynne
b.1807, d.1884

Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne
b.1811, d.1895,
marr.: Walter Montagu Douglas Scott,
5th D. of Buccleuch and had issue.

John, 4th Marquess of Bath^[21]
b.1831, d.1896

Lord Henry Thynne
b.1832, d.1904

Sir Thomas, 5th Marquess of Bath
b.1862, d.1946

Col. Ulric Oliver Thynne
b.1871, d.1957

Henry, 6th Marquess of Bath
b.1905, d.1992

Thomas Timothy Thynne
b.1929, d.1930

Alexander, 7th Marquess of Bath
b.1930

Lord Christopher John Thynne
b.1934

Lord Valentine Charles Thynne
b.1937, d.1979

Ceawlin, Viscount Weymouth
b.1974

Lucien Henry Valentine Thynne
b.1965

Hon. John Alexander Ladi Thynn
b.2014

Notes

References

↑ "Thynne, The Hon. Thomas (THN785T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ 'Parishes: Hawnes or Haynes', A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2 (1908), pp. 338-344. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62661 Date accessed: 17 July 2010.
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↑ Burke, Sir Bernard, (1938 ed) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Shaw, London. p.243
1 2 3 Woodfall, H. (1768). The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time, Volume 6. p. 258.
1 2 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Thynne, William". Dictionary of National Biography. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
↑ Girouard, Mark, Thynne, Sir John (1515–1580), estate manager and builder of Longleat in Oxford Dictionary of Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
↑ Booth, Muriel. "THYNNE, John (?1550-1604), of Longleat, Wilts.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Lancaster, Henry; Thrush, Andrew. "THYNNE, Charles (c.1568-1652), of Cheddar, Som.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Rugh, R. B.; Critall, Elizabeth. "'Parliamentary history : 1529-1629', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 5". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Ferris, John P. "THYNNE, Sir James (c.1605-70), of Longbridge Deverill, Wilts.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Helms, M. W.; Ferris, John P. "THYNNE, Sir Thomas (c.1610-c.69), of Richmond, Surr.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Marshall, Alan. "Thynne, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 January 2016. (subscription required (help)).
↑ Heath-Caldwell, J. J. "Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, 3rd Viscount Weymouth". JJ Heath-Caldwell. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Hayton, D. W. "THYNNE, Hon. Henry (1675-1708).". The History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Dunaway, Stewart (2013). Lord John Carteret, Earl Granville - His Life History and the Granville Grants. Lulu. p. 33. ISBN 9781300878070.
↑ "Bath, Thomas Thynne". Encyclopedia Britannica 1911. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Thorne, Roland. "Carteret [formerly Thynne], Henry Frederick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ "Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ Escott, Margaret. "THYNNE, Lord Henry Frederick (1797-1837), of 6 Grovesnor Square, Mdx.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
↑ "John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896), Diplomat and landowner". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Andrew Bayntun-Rolt John Scott	Member of Parliament for Weobley 1786–1790 With: John Scott	Succeeded by John Scott Lord George Thynne
Preceded by Abel Moysey John Pratt	Member of Parliament for Bath 1790–1796 With: John Pratt 1780–1794 Sir Richard Arden 1794–1796	Succeeded by Sir Richard Arden Lord John Thynne
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Poulett	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1819–1837	Succeeded by The Earl of Ilchester
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Thynne	Marquess of Bath 1796–1837	Succeeded by Henry Thynne

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