Thomas Thynne (politician, around 1610)

Sir Thomas Thynne (* around 1610, † after October 14, 1669 ) was an English nobleman and politician who was once elected as a member of the House of Commons .

Origin and youth

Thomas Thynne came from the English Thynne family . He was born as the third, but the second oldest surviving son of the politician Sir Thomas Thynne and his first wife Mary Tuchet . He studied from June 28, 1620 at the age of ten at Magdalen College in Oxford and in 1629 at the Middle Temple in London. In 1637 he was admitted to the bar. After his father's death in 1639, his older brother James inherited his extensive estates with Longleat House . His brother had a bitter inheritance dispute with his stepmother Catherine Howard over the division of the inheritance. Thomas Thynne received an annual pension of £ 1,000 according to the will of his father, who was considered to be the richest non-aristocratic Englishman.

Life

He was probably knighted on August 19, 1642, but does not appear to have actively participated in the English Civil War . In 1646 he was supposed to pay a sum of £ 4,000 in support of Parliament, which, however, was presumably not collected. Towards the end of the Commonwealth , his steward and butler were arrested, and his Richmond home was searched for evidence of alleged support for the royalists. In contrast to his brother, who served as sheriff , he could be elected to the House of Commons directly after the end of the Commonwealth in May 1660 as a member of Parliament for Hindon , a borough in his brother's sphere of influence. However, no speeches or other activities by him in parliament have come down to us. In the April 1661 election, he did not run again. He dictated his will on October 14, 1669, but was no longer able to sign it.

progeny

Thynne had married Stuart Balcanquhall, the only daughter and heiress of Walter Balcanquhall, who was dean of Durham until 1645, on September 6, 1642 . He had three sons and two daughters with her, and his heir became his only surviving son, Thomas . After the death of Thomas' brother James in 1670, this became his heir.

Web links

• MW helms; John. P. Ferris: THYNNE, Sir Thomas (c.1610-c.69), of Richmond, Surr. (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1660–1690)
• Sir Thomas Thynne on thepeerage.com , accessed September 25, 2015.