Lord Henry Frederick Thynne PC DL (2 August 1832 – 28 January 1904) was a British Conservative politician. He served under

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as Treasurer of the Household between 1875 and 1880.

Background

Thynne was the second son of

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, and his wife the Honourable Harriet Baring, daughter of Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton. John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, was his elder brother.thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Lord Henry Frederick Thynne
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Political career

Thynne entered the House of Commons in 1859 as Member of Parliament for

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, a seat he held until 1885, and served under

as Treasurer of the Household from 1875 to 1880. In 1876 he was admitted to the

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. Apart from his political career he was also a Major in the Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.

Family

Thynne married on 1 June 1858 Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset. They had four sons and two daughters:Debrett′s peerage, 1903 *Thomas Ulric Thynne (b.1861), Royal Navy officer; m. 1898 Dorothy Mary Warner, daughter of Charles William Warner, CB *John Alexander Roger Thynne (b.1864) *Colonel

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 ...

, DSO (1871–1957), British Army officer; m. 1899 Marjory Wormald, daughter of Edward Wormald, and had issue *Oliver St Maur Thynne (b.1901) *Alice Rachel Thynne *Alice Ruth Hermione Thynne; m. 1889 Alexander Edward Lane Fox-Pitt Rivers Lord Henry died in January 1904, aged 71. Lady Ulrica survived him by twelve years and died in January 1916.

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* 1832 births 1904 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Younger sons of marquesses UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire Treasurers of the Household Henry Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry officers {{Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub