Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath KG (born January 25, 1765 , † March 27, 1837 in London ) was a British nobleman and politician.

Origin and youth

Thomas Thynne was the eldest son of Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth and Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck, daughter of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland . He attended Winchester College from 1773 and studied at St John's College in Cambridge in 1785 , where he graduated as a master's in 1787 .

Life

In the general election on April 22, 1786, he was elected MP for Weobley in Hertfordshire , which was completely politically controlled by his family. As Tory , he supported the Pitt government and was re-elected as member of Weobley in 1790, but accepted the mandate there after the withdrawal of John Sebright , the previous candidate from Bath . In the House of Commons he remained an inconspicuous member of parliament until, after the death of his father, who had been made Marquess of Bath in 1789 , inherited the latter's title on November 19, 1796, he became a member of the House of Lords and left the House of Commons . He rarely attended the meetings of the House of Lords, but supported the governments in each case. In May 1804 he turned down the office of Chamberlain of the Royal Household on the grounds that his two younger brothers George and John already held high court offices. From 1819 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset . On July 16, 1823 he was accepted into the Order of the Garter.

Marriage and offspring

On April 24, 1794 he married Isabella Elizabeth Byng in London, a daughter and co-heir of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington and Lucy Boyle. He had eight sons and three daughters with her, including:

• Lady Elizabeth Thynne (1795–1866) ⚭ John Campbell, 2nd Baron Cawdor
• Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1796-1837)
• Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797–1837)
• Rev. Lord John Thynne (1798-1881)
• Lady Louisa Thynne (1801-1859) ⚭ Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood
• Lord William Thynne (1803-1890)
• Lord Edward Thynne (1807-1884)
• Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne (1811–1895) ∞ Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
• Lord Charles Thynne (1813-1894)

He was buried in Longleat . Since his eldest son Thomas had died just weeks before him, his second son Henry inherited the title of Marquess of Bath.

Web links

• EA Smith: THYNNE, Hon. Thomas (1765-1837) (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1754-1790)
• EA Smith / RG Thorne :: THYNNE, Thomas I, Visct. Weymouth (1765-1837) (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1790-1820)
• Cracroft's Peerage: Bath, Marquess of (GB, 1789)
• Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath on thepeerage.com , accessed September 28, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
Thomas Thynne	Marquess of Bath 1796-1837	Henry Thynne