Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath KG (25 January 1765 – 27 March 1837), styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until 1796, was a British peer.

Background and education [edit]

Thynne was the son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath. He was educated at Winchester College and admitted as a nobleman to St John's College, Cambridge in 1785, graduating M.A. in 1787.^[1]

Between 1786 and 1790, he was MP (Tory) for Weobley and for Bath from 1790 to 1796. He was Lord Lieutenant of Somerset between 1819 and 1837 and was invested as a Knight of the Garter on 16 July 1823.

Lord Bath married the Honourable Isabella Elizabeth Byng, daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington, on 14 April 1794. They had ten children:

Lady Elizabeth Thynne (1795–1866), married John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor and had issue.
Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1796 – 16 January 1837), married Harriet Robbins.
Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797 – 24 June 1837)
Reverend Lord John Thynne (1798–1881), married Anne Beresford and had issue. He inherited the manor of Haynes from his uncle the last Lord Carteret^[2]
Lord William Thynne (1802–1890), married Belinda Brumel.
Lord Francis Thynne (1805–1821)
Lord Edward Thynne (1807–1884), married first Elizabeth Mellish and second Cecilia Anne Mary Gore, by whom he had issue.
Lady Louisa Thynne (c. 1808–1859), married Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood and had issue.
Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne (1811–1895), married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and had issue.
Reverend Lord Charles Thynne (1813–1894), married Harriet Bagot and had issue, including a daughter who married the 4th Earl of Kenmare.

Lord Bath died in 1837, aged 72 and was buried at his home, Longleat House.

^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Thynne, The Hon. Thomas". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ 'Parishes: Hawnes or Haynes', A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2 (1908), pp. 338-344. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62661 Date accessed: 17 July 2010.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Andrew Bayntun-Rolt John Scott	Member of Parliament for Weobley with John Scott 1786–1790	Succeeded by John Scott Lord George Thynne
Preceded by Abel Moysey John Pratt	Member of Parliament for Bath with John Pratt 1780–1794 Sir Richard Arden 1794–1801 1790–1794	Succeeded by Sir Richard Arden Lord John Thynne
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Poulett	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1819–1837	Succeeded by The Earl of Ilchester
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Thynne	Marquess of Bath 1796–1837	Succeeded by Henry Thynne

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Name	Bath, Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	25 January 1765
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Date of death	27 March 1837
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