Sir Halswell Tynte, 3rd Baronet (15 November 1705 – 1730), of

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, Somerset, was an English Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1727 to 1730. Halswell1

Tynte was born in 1705, he was the eldest son of Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet of Halswell, Somerset, and his wife Jane Kemys, daughter of

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, MP of

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, Glamorgan. He succeeded to the

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in March 1710. On 1 March 1723, he matriculated at

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. He married Mary Walters, daughter of John Walters of Brecon on 28 September 1727. Tynte was returned unopposed as Tory Member of Parliament for

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at the 1727 general election in his family's interest. He voted consistently against the Administration. Tynte died on 12 November 1730. He had two daughters, and was succeeded by his brother Rev. John Tynte and then by another brother

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tynte, Sir Halswell, 3rd Baronet 1705 births 1730 deaths British MPs 1727–1734 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of England