John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret

John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret PC ( December 28, 1772 - March 10, 1849 in Hawnes Place , Bedfordshire ) was a British nobleman and politician. He has been elected to the House of Commons nine times .

origin

John Thynne came from the British Thynne family . He was the third son of Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth and Lady Elisabeth Bentinck, daughter of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland . His father was promoted to Marquess of Bath in 1789 .

Start of political career

Thynne studied at St John's College , Cambridge from 1792 to 1794 . In May 1796, he and his brother George were elected MPs for Weobley , Herefordshire . In November 1796 his father died, whereupon his eldest brother Thomas , who was MP for Bath, inherited the title of Marquess of Bath and left the House of Commons. John Thynne then gave up the mandate for Weobley again and was elected to succeed his brother on December 8, 1796 as MP for Bath. In contrast to Weobley, whose constituency was completely controlled by his family since 1754, Bath was under the influence of the Pitt government . Alongside Sir Richard Pepper Arden , Thynne became a Member of Parliament for Bath and remained so until the electoral reform in 1832 . Arden became a member of the House of Lords in 1801 , after which John Palmer was the second MP for Bath until 1826. Thynne remained an unremarkable supporter of the Tory government who never spoke until he had to. In 1797 he became major in the Wiltshire Volunteer Cavalry , and from 1799 to 1804 he was Lieutenant Colonel of the Hanover Square Voluntary Infantry Regiment .

Holder of high court offices

1804 he received the office of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Pitt and on July 11, 1804 a member of the Privy Council . When he was re-elected to Bath on July 20, 1804, he was absent from the next House of Commons sessions because of his office, then because of illness. He then took up his mandate without being formally sworn in and introduced, which was not noticed until March 12, 1805. To remedy this mistake, a law was hastily passed on March 18, which was signed by the King on March 22. On March 29, 1805 Thynne was re-elected and duly elected, after which he was able to exercise his mandate again from April 2. In May 1805 he became a member of the Board of Trade . From 1807 he supported the government of his uncle William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , who was Prime Minister until 1809 . Thynne was a fierce opponent of Catholic emancipation . In 1812 he became Deputy Groom of the Stole . With the death of George III. In 1820 he lost this post and that of Vice Chamberlain of the Household, thereby also losing his income, which had been £ 1,200 a year.

Further political career

However, he managed to continue to be set up as a candidate for the Treasury for Bath. By losing his offices, however, his influence in the House of Commons diminished further, so that he was only elected to a few committees. In the voting he remained strictly conservative and anti-Catholic. After the Catholic emancipation was decided in 1829, Thynne's attitude became increasingly unpopular. Thynne voted firmly against the electoral reform and did not run again after the reform was passed in 1832.

After the death of his brother George on February 19, 1838 he inherited the title of Baron Carteret and his estates in Bedfordshire , Cornwall and Somerset , plus a fortune of £ 46,000. He died after a brief illness on his country estate in Bedfordshire.

Thynne had married Mary Anne Master, daughter of Thomas Master of Cirencester , on June 18, 1801 . His wife was at times court lady at court. The marriage had remained childless. The title Baron Carteret expired on his death, his possessions fell to his nephew John Thynne , who was sub-dean of Westminster Abbey .

Web links

• RG Thorne: THYNNE, Lord John (1772-1849), of 15 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Mdx. In: History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1790-1820
• Margaret Escott: THYNNE, Lord John (1772-1849), of 15 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Mdx. In: History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1820-1832
• John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret of Hawnes, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 25, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
George Thynne	Baron Carteret 1836-1849	Title expired