Sir Thomas Thynne (c.1610 – 1669) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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in 1660.

Life

Thynne was the second surviving son of Sir Thomas Thynne and his first wife Maria Tuchet, daughter of

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. His parent's marriage was disputed and there was a long legal dispute. Thynne matriculated at

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on 28 June 1620, aged 10. He entered

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in 1629 and was called to the bar in 1637. He was knighted on 19 August 1642 but appears to have taken no part in the

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; in 1646 he was assessed at £4,000 by the committee for the advance of money, but no proceedings were taken. His house at

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was searched for

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suspects in 1659 and his steward and butler were ordered to be arrested.History of Parliament Online – Thomas Thynne
/ref> In 1660, Thynne was elected

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for Hindon in a double return and was admitted to the Convention Parliament on the merits of his election. He was commissioner for assessment for Wiltshire from August 1660 to 1661, commissioner for sewers for Bedford level from 1662 to 1663, commissioner for assessment for Surrey from 1663 and commissioner for assessment for Gloucestershire from 1665. Thynne may have died aged 59 soon after 14 October 1669, when he dictated a codicil to his will which he was unable to sign. Thynne married Stuarta Balcanquhall, daughter of Walter Balcanquhall, DD,

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on 6 September 1642. He was succeeded by his son

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. The elder Thomas pre-deceased his elder brother Sir James Thynne from whom his son Thomas inherited the vast estate at

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, but who was assassinated in 1682, while in his coach in Pall Mall.Burke, Sir Bernard, (1938 ed) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Shaw, London. p.243

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thynne, Thomas 1610 births 1669 deaths

English MPs 1660 Alumni of Magdalen Hall, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Politicians from Wiltshire People from Richmond, London Politicians from Gloucestershire