Sir Charles Kemys Tynte, 5th Baronet (19 May 1710 – 25 April 1785), of

Halswell House Halswell House is a Grade I listed building, listed country house in Goathurst, Somerset, England. Descent Domesday Book The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the holder of the Manorialism, manor of Halswell as Roger Arundel, whose tenant was Wido. ...

, near

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and

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, was a British politician who sat in the

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between 1745 and 1774. Halswell House - geograph

Tynte was a younger son of Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet of Halswell, Somerset, and his wife Jane Kemys, daughter of

Sir Charles Kemys, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet (died December 1702) was a Welsh people, Welsh Cefn Mably, landowner in the late 17th century and early 18th century in south Wales and MP for both Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency), Monmouthshire and Monmouth ...

, MP of

, Glamorgan. He added the name of Kemys before his own when he inherited

in 1735 from his uncle,

Sir Charles Kemeys, 4th Baronet Sir Charles Kemeys, 4th Baronet (1688–1735) was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1734 . Early life Kemeys was born on 23 November 1688, the only son of Sir Charles Kemeys, 3rd Baronet of Cefn Mably an ...

. He married Anne Busby, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Busby of Addington, Buckinghamshire on 9 March 1738. In 1740 he succeeded his brother Sir John Tynte 4th Baronet to the Tynte baronetcy and to

in Somerset. Between 1745 and 1785, Tynte considerably improved the gardens, creating Halswell Park. The grounds contain many fanciful buildings, fish ponds, cascades and bridges, and include the Temple of Harmony which stands in Mill Wood. Completed in 1767, it is Grade II listed. Tynte was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at a by-election on 14 March 1745 with the support of the Duke of Beaufort. At the

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he was returned unopposed as MP for

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. He was returned again in the general elections of

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, 1761 and 1768. He did not stand in 1774 for health reasons. Tynte was appointed

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of the 2nd Somerset Militia when it was first embodied on 3 July 1759 and commanded it until the end of the

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. Tynte died on 25 April 1785, leaving no children. He is buried in

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with his monument sculpted by

Joseph Nollekens Joseph Nollekens R.A. (11 August 1737 – 23 April 1823) was a sculptor from London generally considered to be the finest British sculptor of the late 18th century. Life Nollekens was born on 11 August 1737 at 28 Dean Street, Soho, London, ...

.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.279 The baronetcy became extinct and the Halswell estate passed to a niece, who took the name Kemeys Tynte and whose descendants regained the title of Baron Wharton.

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