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BATH, THOMAS THYNNE

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 510 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BATH, See also:THOMAS THYNNE , 1sT See also:MARQUESS OF (1734,-1796), See also:English politician, was the See also:elder son of Thomas Thynne, snd See also:Viscount See also:Weymouth (1710—1751), and the See also:great-grandnephew of Thomas Thynne (c. 164o--1,714), the friend of See also:Bishop; See also:Ken, who was created See also:Baron Thynne and Viscount Weymouth in 1682. His See also:mother was Louisa (d. 1736), daughter of See also:John See also:Carteret, 1st See also:Earl See also:Granville, and a descendant. of the See also:family of Granville who held the earldom of Bath from 1661 to 1711. The Thynnes are descended from See also:Sir John Thynne, the builder. of Longleat, the splendid seat of the family in See also:Wiltshire. Sir John, owed his See also:wealth and. position to the favour of his See also:master, the See also:protector . See also:Somerset; he was See also:comptroller of ,the See also:household, of the princess See also:Elizabeth, and was a See also:person pf some importance after the princess became See also:queen. He died in See also:April 1580. Another famous member of this family was: Thomas 'hypne (1648-1682), called on See also:account of his wealth "Tom of See also:Tea Thousand." He is celebrated by See also:Dryden as See also:Issachar. in 4bs4otn and Achitophel,. and was murdered in See also:London by some Swedes in See also:February 1682. See also:Born on the 13th of See also:September 1734, Thomas Thynnesucceede4 his See also:father as 3rd Viscount Weymouth in. See also:January 1751, and was See also:lord-See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland for a. See also:short See also:time during 1765, although he never visited that See also:country. Having, however, become prominent in English politics he was appointed secretary; of, See also:state for the ,See also:northern See also:department in January 1768; he acted with great promptitude during the unrest caused by, John Wilkes and the See also:Middlesex See also:election of 1768.

He was then attacked and libelled by Wilkes, who was consequently expelled from the See also:

House of See also:Commons. Before the See also:close of 1768 he was transferred from the northern to the See also:southern department, but he resigned in See also:December 1770 in the midst of the dispute with See also:Spain over the See also:possession of the See also:Falkland. Islands. In See also:November 1775 Weymouth returned to his former See also:office of secretary for thg southern department, undertaking in addition the duties attached to the northern department for a:few months in 1779, but he resigned both positions in the autumn of this See also:year. In 1789 he was created marquess of Bath, and he died on the 19th, of November 1796. Weymouth was a See also:man of considerable ability especially as a See also:speaker, but according to more. See also:modern See also:standards. his habits were very coarse, resembling those of his friend and frequent See also:companion, See also:Charles See also:James See also:Fox. Horacae See also:Walpole refers frequently to his idleness and his See also:drunkenness, and in See also:early See also:life at least " his great See also:fortune he had damaged by such profuse See also:play, that his house was often full of bailiffs." He married Elizabeth (d. 1825),:. daughter of See also:William Bentincc, 2nd See also:duke of See also:Portland, by whom he had three sons and ten daughters. His eldest son Thomas (1765-1837) succeeded, ;(p his titles, while the two younger ones, See also:George (1770—1838) and John (1772-1849), succeeded in turn to the See also:barony of Carteret of Hawnes, which came to them from their See also:uncle, HenRx See also:Frederick Thynne (1735-1826). Weymouth's great-See also:grandson, John See also:Alexander, 4th marquess of Bath (1831--r89&), the autlfor of Observations on Bulgarian affairs (188o), was succeeded as 5th marquess by his son Thomas See also:Henry (b. 1862). See B.

Botfield, Stemmata Botevilliana (1858).

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