Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British politician
Was Politician 
From United Kingdom 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 25 January 1765
Death 27 March 1837
(aged 72 years)
Politics Tories
Family
Father: Thomas Thynne1st Marquess of Bath
Children: Henry Thynne3rd Marquess of BathThomas ThynneLord John ThynneLord William ThynneLord Edward ThynneCharlotte Montagu Douglas ScottDuchess of Buccleuch

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

Origins

Thynne was the eldest son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, who he succeeded as 2nd Marquess in 1796.

Education

He was educated at Winchester College and admitted as a nobleman to St John’s College, Cambridge in 1785, graduating M.A. in 1787.

Political career

Between 1786 and 1790, he was MP (Tory) for Weobley. He later sat 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.

Marriage and progeny

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

  • Lady Elizabeth Thynne (27 February 1795 – 16 February 1866); she married John Campbell, 1st Earl Cawdor on 5 September 1816. They have seven children.
  • Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (9 April 1796 – 16 January 1837); he married Harriet Matilda Robbins on 11 May 1820.
  • Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (4 May 1797 – 24 June 1837); he married Hon. Harriet Baring on 10 April 1830. They have four children.
  • Lord John Thynne (7 November 1798 – 9 February 1881); he married Anne Beresford on 2 March 1824. They have nine children.
  • Lady Louisa Thynne (25 March 1801 – 7 November 1859); she married Henry Lascelles, 3rd Earl of Harewood on 5 July 1823. They have thirteen children.
  • Lord William Thynne (17 October 1803 – 30 January 1890); he married Belinda Brumel on 19 December 1861.
  • Lord Francis Thynne (20 January 1805 – 29 May 1821)
  • Lord Edward Thynne (23 January 1807 – 4 February 1884), married first Elizabeth Mellish and second Cecilia Anne Mary Gore, by whom he had issue.
  • Lord George Thynne (25 December 1808 – 19 June 1832)
  • Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne (10 April 1811 – 18 March 1895); she married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch on 13 August 1829. They have seven children.
  • Reverend Lord Charles Thynne (9 February 1813 – 11 August 1894); he married Harriet Bagot on 18 July 1837. They have two children.

Death and burial

Lord Bath died in 1837, aged 72, and was buried at his home, Longleat House. His eldest son Thomas predeceased him by some two months and he was therefore succeeded by his second son Henry.

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