George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret

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George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret PC (born January 23, 1770 , † February 19, 1838 in Dalkeith Palace , Edinburgh ) was a British nobleman and politician.

origin

George Thynne came from the British noble family Thynne . He was the second son of Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth and of Lady Elisabeth Bentinck, daughter of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland . He studied from 1789 at St John's College in Cambridge , where he made his master's degree in 1791 .

Political career

Under the influence of his father, he was elected as a member of Parliament for Weobley in Hertfordshire in December 1790, while still a minor, after his older brother Thomas had given up the mandate and had become MP for Bath . He remained a MP for the borough for 22 years and was re-elected seven times without attracting much political attention. From 1794 to 1799 he served as an officer in the Yeomanry of Wiltshire, from 1803 to 1808 as an officer, most recently as a lieutenant colonel, of a militia regiment. Under the influence of his father and uncle, the 3rd Duke of Portland , he became one of the Lords of the Treasury in 1801 under the reign of Henry Addington . After the overthrow of Addington in 1804, the king made him Comptroller of the Household in 1804 , which gave him an annual income of £ 1,200. To this end, he became a member of the Privy Council on May 14, 1804 . In these offices, too, he remained inconspicuous and in the House of Commons generally only served as a messenger of messages from the king. In May 1805 he became a member of the Board of Trade . Otherwise, he supported the Tory governments of Pitt , his uncle Portland and Perceval and was a staunch opponent of Catholic emancipation and constituency reform. When the Prince Regent appointed Lord Liverpool Prime Minister, Thynne lost his office as Comptroller of the Household in July 1812 and did not run for a member of parliament.

Heir to the title of Baron Carteret

After the death of his uncle Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret , he inherited his estates in Bedfordshire , Cornwall and Somerset on June 17, 1826 , and due to a rule enacted when the title was created in 1784, the title of Baron Carteret , making him a member of the House of Lords . He had married Harriet Courtenay, daughter of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay of Powderham Castle and of Frances Clack on May 9, 1797 in London . Since the marriage had remained childless, his younger brother John Thynne became his heir.

Web links

• . G. Thorne: THYNNE, Lord George (1770-1838), of Baycliffe, Wilts. (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1790-1820)
• George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret of Hawnes, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 25, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry Carteret	Baron Carteret 1826-1836	John Thynne