Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (15 July 1862 – 9 June 1946), styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and

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politician. He held ministerial office as

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in 1905 and

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between 1922 and 1924. He was also involved in local politics and served as Chairman of Wiltshire County Council between 1906 and his death in 1946.

Background and education

Known from birth by the

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of Viscount Weymouth, he was born at the Stable Yard,

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, the eldest son of

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, by the Honourable Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey, a daughter of

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. He was educated at

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and

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, where he graduated BA in 1886, in 1888 promoted by seniority to MA.

Political career

Lord Weymouth sat as

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for

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between 1886 and 1892 and from 1895 to 1896, when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the

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. He served under

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between January and December 1905. He was appointed

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in 1904 and Chairman of Wiltshire County Council in 1906, and held both posts simultaneously until his death in 1946. Lord Bath was made a

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in 1917. He returned to the government in 1922, when

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appointed him

. He was sworn of the

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at the same time. He continued in this office until the Conservative government fell in January 1924, the last year under the premiership of

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. Lord Bath was also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the

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and an Honorary Colonel of that regiment and of the 4th Battalion of the

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. In 1937 he was appointed Pro-Chancellor of

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Family

On 19 April 1890, Lord Bath married Violet Caroline Mordaunt (28 February 1869–29 May 1928), daughter of Harriet, Lady Mordaunt. At the time of Violet's birth her mother had been the wife of

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, but she was said to be the illegitimate daughter of Viscount Cole, who was later

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in a divorce action. They had five children: *Lady Alice Kathleen Violet Thynne (1891–1977), married Lt-Col Oliver Stanley, son of

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and had issue. *Lady Emma Margery Thynne (1893–1980), married 1921 (div 1942)

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; no issue. *Second Lieutenant John Alexander Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1895–1916), killed at

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near Loos in northeastern France while on active service as a

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in the

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. He is buried in the Vermelles British Cemetery. *Lady Mary Beatrice Thynne (1903–1974), married firstly, in 1927, Charles Wilson, 3rd Baron Nunburnholme and had issue, including the 4th and 5th Barons. She married secondly, Ulick Alexander. She was a bridesmaid at the

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on 26 April 1923. * Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905–1992) The Marchioness of Bath died in May 1928, aged 59. Lord Bath paid for the construction of a

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, near the family seat at

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, as a memorial to her. He remained a widower until his death in June 1946, aged 83. He was succeeded by his second and only surviving son, Henry.

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