Marquess of Bath is a title in the

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. It was created in 1789 for Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles Baron Thynne, of Warminster in the County of Wiltshire, and Viscount Weymouth, both created in 1682 in the

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. He is also a baronet in the

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Family history until 1800

The Thynne family descends from the soldier and courtier

Sir John Thynne Sir John Thynne (c. 1515 – 21 May 1580) was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1506 – 1552), and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House, and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath. Early life ...

(died 1580), who constructed Longleat House between 1567 and 1579. In 1641 his great-grandson Henry Frederick Thynne was created a Baronet, of Caus Castle, in the

(some sources claim that the territorial designation is "Kempsford in the County of Gloucester"). He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He represented Oxford University and Tamworth in the House of Commons and also served as Envoy to Sweden. In 1682 he was raised to the

as Baron Thynne, of Warminster in the

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, and Viscount Weymouth, in the

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, with remainder to his younger brothers James Thynne (who died unmarried) and Henry Frederick Thynne and the heirs male of their bodies. Lord Weymouth died without surviving male issue in 1714 (one of his three sons, the Honourable Henry Thynne, represented Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and Tamworth in Parliament but had died in 1708, leaving only daughters) and was succeeded in the peerages (according to the special remainders) by his great-nephew, the second Viscount. He was the grandson of the aforementioned Henry Frederick Thynne, brother of the first Viscount. He married as his second wife Lady Louisa Carteret, daughter of John, Earl Granville, a female-line grandson of John, 1st Earl of Bath of the second creation (a title which had become extinct in 1711). Lord Weymouth was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Viscount. He was a prominent statesman and served as

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and as

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. In 1789 the Bath title held by his ancestors was revived when he was created Marquess of Bath. Unusually, the Earldom of Bath was revived during the Marquess's lifetime for Laura Pulteney, the heiress of the Earl of Bath of the fourth creation. Place names used by existing peerages are normally avoided when new ones are created. This earldom went extinct on her death in 1808.

Family history 1800–present

The 1st Marquess's son Thomas, the 2nd Marquess, sat as Tory Member of Parliament for

Weobley Weobley ( ) is an ancient settlement and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Formerly a market town, the market is long defunct and the settlement is today promoted as one of the county's black and white villages owing to its abundance of ...

and

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and served as

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. His eldest son Thomas, represented Weobly in Parliament but predeceased his father by two months. Lord Bath was therefore succeeded by his second son Henry, the 3rd Marquess, who died three months later. He was a

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in the Royal Navy and also sat as Member of Parliament for Weobly. His son John, the 4th Marquess, succeeded at age six; he was Chairman of the Wiltshire County Council and Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. He was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas, the 5th Marquess. He was a Conservative politician and served briefly as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1895. His second but eldest surviving son Henry, the 6th Marquess, represented Frome in the House of Commons as a Conservative. The 6th Marquess's second son, Alexander, the 7th Marquess, succeeded in 1992. He was a well-known politician, author and artist. In 2015 the Times described him as "a steaming pile of ancient kaftans and one of our wuffliest and weirdest mad-hatter aristocrats. He is best known for swanning around Longleat, his enormous Elizabethan pad in Wiltshire, entertaining his 75 concubines, or as he called them, “wifelets”. The wifelets have included former Bond girls and Sri Lankan teenagers, as well as housewives and, according to some, prostitutes. The deal is simple: the wifelets get to hang out with Lord Bath in a jewel of a palace and in return he gets unlimited sex." The titles are currently held by Ceawlin Thynn, the son of the 7th Marquess.

Other family members

Longleat House from the south east - geograph

The Honourable Henry Thynne, second son of the second Viscount, succeeded to the Carteret estates through his mother and assumed the surname of Carteret in lieu of Thynne. In 1784 he was created Baron Carteret with remainder to the younger sons of his brother the first Marquess of Bath (see the Baron Carteret for more information on this title). Several other members of the Thynne family have also gained distinction. The Reverend

Lord John Thynne Rev. Lord John Thynne (7 November 1798 – 9 February 1881) was an English aristocrat and Anglican cleric, who served for 45 years as Deputy Dean of Westminster. Career Lord John was born in 1798, the third son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marques ...

, third son of the second Marquess, was sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey; his seventh son was Major-General Sir Reginald Thomas Thynne (1843–1926). Lord Henry Thynne, second son of the third Marquess, was a Conservative politician and notably served as Treasurer of the Household from 1875 to 1880.

Lord Alexander Thynne Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne (17 February 1873 – 14 September 1918) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician. Thynne was the third and youngest son of John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, and his wife Frances Isabella Cat ...

, third son of the fourth Marquess, represented Bath in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1918. The family seat is Longleat House.

Coat of arms

The arms borne by the Thynne family are: ''Quarterly: 1st and 4th, barry of ten Or and Sable (Botteville); 2nd and 3rd, Argent, a lion rampant with tail nowed and erected Gules (Thynne)''. This can be translated as: a shield divided into quarters, the top left and bottom right made of ten horizontal bars alternating gold and black (for the Boteville family); the top right and bottom left quarters white with a red lion rampant with a knotted tail (for the Thynne family).

Early Thynnes of Longleat

* Sir John Thynne the Elder (1515–1580), the builder of Longleat * Sir John Thynne the Younger (1555–1604), son of Sir John Thynne the Elder * Sir Thomas Thynne (''ca.'' 1578–1639), son of Sir John Thynne the Younger * Sir James Thynne (1605–1670), son of Sir Thomas Thynne * Thomas Thynne (1648–1682), nephew of Sir James Thynne, grandson of Sir Thomas Thynne

Thynne Baronets, of Cause Castle (1641)

*Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Baronet (1615–1680), son of Sir Thomas Thynne (''ca.'' 1578–1639) * Sir Thomas Thynne, 2nd Baronet (1640–1714) (created Viscount Weymouth in 1682)

Viscounts Weymouth (1682)

Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth (1640 – 28 July 1714) was a British peer in the peerage of England. Biography He was born the son of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne of Caus Castle, Shropshire, and Kempsford, Gloucestershire, and his wife, ...

(1640–1714) ** The Hon. Henry Thynne (1675–1708) * Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth (1710–1751) * Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth (1734–1796) (created Marquess of Bath in 1789)

Marquesses of Bath (1789)

* Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath (1734–1796) * Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837) * Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797–1837) * John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831–1896) *

Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (15 July 1862 – 9 June 1946), styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905 ...

(1862–1946) * Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905–1992) * Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (1932–2020) * Ceawlin Henry Laszlo Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath (b. 1974) The heir apparent is the 8th Marquess' son, John Alexander Ladi Thynn, Viscount Weymouth (b. 2014). * ''Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837)'' ** ''Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797–1837)'' *** ''John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831–1896)'' **** ''Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (1862–1946) ***** ''Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905–1992)'' ****** ''Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (1932–2020)'' ******* Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath (b. 1974) ********(1). John Alexander Ladi Thynn, Viscount Weymouth (b. 2014) ********(2). Lord Henry Richard Isaac Thynn (b. 2016) *****''Lord Valentine Charles Thynne (1937–1979)'' ******(3). Lucien Henry Valentine Thynne (b. 1965) ***'' Lord Henry Thynne (1832–1904)'' ****''

Ulric Oliver Thynne Colonel Ulric Oliver Thynne CMG, DSO, CVO (6 July 1871 – 30 September 1957)Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, pp. 21 ...

(1871–1957)'' *****''Oliver St. Maur Thynne (1901–1978)'' ******''Sheridan Ulric Thynne (1939–2011)'' *******(4). Piers Mark Thynne (b. 1977) ********(5). Archie Jack Thynne (b. 2011) ********(6). Jasper Oliver Thynne (b. 2011) **''

(1798–1881)'' ***''Francis John Thynne (1830–1910)'' ****''George Augustus Carteret Thynne (1869–1945)'' *****''John Granville Thynne (1917–2001)'' ******(7). Bevil Granville de Jenner Thynne (b. 1947) *******(8). Christopher John Granville Thynne (b. 1972) *******(9). Richard Charles Granville Thynne (b. 1977) ******(10). Richard George Granville Thynne (b. 1950) *******(11). Piers James Carteret Thynne (b. 1976)

Notes

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * * Wyn Ellis, Nesta. ''The Marquess of Bath: Lord of Love''. Dynasty Press, 2010. .

External links

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