Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth

Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (born April 9, 1796 - January 16, 1837 in Shanks House , Dorset ) was a British nobleman and politician. He was the heir to the title of Marquess of Bath and was once elected to the House of Commons , but died shortly before his father's death.

Thomas Thynne came from the Thynne family . He was the eldest son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and Isabella Elizabeth Byng , daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington . He attended Eton College in 1811 and studied from 1814 at St John's College in Cambridge , where he graduated as a master's in 1816 . As his father's apparent marriage he carried the courtesy title Viscount Weymouth and in 1816 became captain of the Yeomanry of Wiltshire . As protégé of the diplomat Lord Clangarty , he accompanied him to the European mainland until he was sent back by Clangarty, as he was no help for him due to a lack of writing skills. In the general election in 1818 he was elected MP for Weobley , which was considered a rotten borough and was completely politically controlled by his father. In the House of Commons, he supported the government, but remained completely inconspicuous and did not run again in 1820.

On May 11, 1820, he married Harriet Matilda Robbins , a daughter of Thomas Robbins . The marriage remained childless. He became increasingly estranged from his conservative father and died a few weeks before his death, whereupon his brother Henry inherited the marquess title. His widow married the Italian Count Inghirami for the second time and died in Florence in 1873 .

Web links

• MJ Williams: THYNNE, Thomas II, Visct. Weymouth (1796-1837), of Shanks House, Dorset. (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1790-1820)
• Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth on thepeerage.com , accessed September 27, 2015.