Lord Henry 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

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Political career

Thynne entered the

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in 1859 as

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for South Wiltshire, a seat he held until 1885, and served under

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

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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 *Thomas Ulric Thynne (b.1861),

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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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