Charles Thynne

Charles Thynne (around 1558, † between September 18 and October 9, 1652 ) was an English politician who was elected twice as a member of the House of Commons .

Origin and youth

Charles Thynne was the third son of Sir John Thynne and his second wife Dorothy Wroughton, a daughter of Sir William Wroughton. He attended Blandford Forum School in Dorset in 1580 and studied at Broadgates Hall in Oxford in 1583 . As the sixth son of his father, who died in 1580, he inherited only a small estate at Cheddar in Somerset and a pension of £ 20 a year until he came of age. After graduation, he probably did not attend the Inns of Court . Shortly after his father's death, his mother was second married to Sir Carew Raleigh , and Thynne became a friend of his brother, Sir Walter Raleigh . He asked for Raleigh's release from the Tower of London in November 1605 , and when Raleigh was finally executed in 1618, he was by his side.

Member of the House of Commons

Thynne initially lived in modest circumstances and in 1600 even had to be supported by his eldest brother Sir John Thynne . From 1611 he lived in Lymington in Hampshire , where he operated sea ​​salt production . In 1612 he became Freeman and in the general election of 1614 he was elected MP for the city. However, it remained meaningless during parliament that year. In August 1614, together with John More and two other men, he was given the privilege of selling dried sea salt using a new method for 21 years. Your successful company supplied the royal court and the Royal Navy .

From September 1624 Thynne belonged to the circle of the former royal favorite Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset . His attempt to be re-elected as a member of parliament in 1625 failed. It was not until the election of 1628 that he was elected with the support of his nephew Sir Thomas Thynne as MP for Westbury , since his nephew could take the patron of the borough , James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough for Thynne. His only recorded contribution to Parliament was the law rehabilitating Carew Raleigh, the son of his executed friend.

Death and inheritance

Thynne remained unmarried and wrote his will on September 18, 1652 in old age. He bequeathed his estates to his great-nephew Sir James Thynne of Longleat and his lover Jane Dove. He was buried in St Margaret's Church in Westminster on October 9, 1652 .

Web links

• Henry Lancaster; Andrew Trush: THYNNE, Charles (c.1568-1652), of Cheddar, Som. (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1604–1629)