Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (24 May 1797 – 24 June 1837), styled Lord Henry Thynne until January 1837 and Viscount Weymouth between January and March 1837, was a British naval commander and politician.

Background

Thynne was the second son of

Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath KG (25 January 1765 – 27 March 1837), styled Viscount Weymouth from 1789 until 1796, was a British peer. Life Early life Thynne was the eldest son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, and Lady Elizab ...

, whom he succeeded in March 1837 (his unmarried elder brother Thomas had predeceased their father by two months). He inherited land in County Monaghan, Shropshire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Military and political careers

He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

. He then served in the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

and rose to the rank of captain in 1822 after which he transferred to the Signals Corps and did not return to sea. From 1824 to 1826 and 1828 to 1832, he was MP (Tory) for

Weobley Weobley ( ) is an ancient settlement and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Formerly a market town, the market is long defunct and the settlement is today promoted as one of the county's black and white villages owing to its abundance of ...

, Herefordshire.

Family

Lord Bath married the Honourable Harriet Baring, daughter of

Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, PC (27 October 177412 May 1848), of The Grange in Hampshire, of Ashburton in Devon and of Buckenham Tofts near Thetford in Norfolk, was a British politician and financier, and a member of the Baring famil ...

, on 19 April 1830. They had four children: *Lady Louisa Isabella Harriet Thynne (1834 – 26 June 1919); married 1862 General Hon. Sir Percy Feilding, son of

William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh William Basil Percy Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh, 6th Earl of Desmond, GCH, PC (25 March 1796 – 25 June 1865), styled Viscount Feilding between 1799 and 1800, was a British peer and courtier. Background and education Feilding was the eldest ...

and had issue. *Lady Alice Thynne (d. 1847) *

John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1 March 1831 – 20 April 1896), styled Viscount Weymouth between March and June 1837, was a British peer and a diplomat for almost sixty years. Background and education Born in St James's, he was the ...

(1831–1896) *

Lord Henry Frederick Thynne Lord Henry Frederick Thynne Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC Deputy Lieutenant, DL (2 August 1832 – 28 January 1904) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He served under Benjamin Disraeli as Treasurer of ...

(1832–1904); married Lady Ulrica Seymour, daughter of

Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset Edward Adolphus Seymour (later St. Maur), 12th Duke of Somerset, etc., (20 December 180428 November 1885), styled Lord Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th ce ...

and had issue.

Death

Lord Bath died suddenly in 1837, having been Marquess for only three months, and was buried on 1 July 1837 at

Longbridge Deverill Longbridge Deverill is a village and civil parish about south of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. It is on the A350 primary route which connects the M4 motorway and west Wiltshire with Poole, Dorset. The parish is in the Deverill valley which ...

, near his home,

Longleat House Longleat is an English stately home and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath. A leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, it is adjacent to the village of Horningsham and near the towns of Warminster and Westbury in Wilts ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

. He was succeeded by his eldest son

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* 1797 births 1837 deaths People educated at Eton College 3

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