Lord Henry "Harry" Frederick Thynne PC DL (2 August 1832 – 28 January 1904) was a British

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politician. He served under

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between 1875 and 1880.

Background

Thynne was the second son of Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath, and his wife the Honourable Harriet Baring, daughter of Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.

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Political career

Thynne entered the

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in 1859 as Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire, a seat he held until 1885, and served under

from 1875 to 1880. In 1876 he was admitted to the Privy Council. Apart from his political career he was also a Major in the Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a Deputy Lieutenant for

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Family

Thynne married on 1 June 1858 Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane Seymour, daughter of

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. They had four sons and two daughters:Debrett′s peerage, 1903 *Henry "Harry" Boteville Thynne (1860–1887), committed suicide in his lodgings, Duke-street. St. James's, London *Thomas Ulric Thynne (1861-1911),

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officer; m. 1898 Dorothy Mary Warner, daughter of Charles William Warner, CB *John "Ion" Alexander Roger Thynne (1863-1914) *Colonel Ulric Oliver Thynne, DSO (1871–1957), British Army officer; m. 1899 Marjory Wormald, daughter of Edward Wormald, and had issue *Alice Ruth Hermione Thynne (1866-1948); m. 1889 Alexander Edward Lane Fox-Pitt Rivers *Alice Rachel Thynne (d.1938) Lord Henry died in January 1904, aged 71. Lady Ulrica survived him by twelve years and died in January 1916.

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