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Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath Justice of the Peace, styled Lord Henry Thynne until 1916 and Viscount Weymouth between 1916 and 1946, was a British politician, aristocrat and landowner.

Background

Lord Bath was the second but eldest surviving the son of Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath and Violet Mordaunt, the illegitimate daughter of Harriet Mordaunt and Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen.

Education

Christ Church; Harrow School.

Career

He was educated at The New Beacon Preparatory School, Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. In the 1920s the tabloid press considered him one of the group it called the Bright Young People. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, fought in the Second World War, and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Silver Star for actions during that period.

Thynne succeeded his father as Marquess of Bath in 1946.

He was noted for his forestry work on the ancestral estate of Longleat. lieutenant was he who developed the safari park and opened the house to the public in 1949.

They had five children: Lady Caroline Jane Thynne (1928–1995), married David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort and had issue Thomas Timothy Thynne (1929–1930), died in infancy Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (b 6 May 1932) Lord Christopher John Thynne (b 9 April 1934), married Antonia Palmer, daughter of Sir Anthony Palmer, 4th Baronet and had issue Lord Valentine Charles Thynne (1937–1979), married firstly, Veronica Jacks and had issue. They had one daughter: Lady Silvy Cerne Thynne (b 22 December 1958), married Iain McQuiston and has issue Lord Henry Thynne, 1905–1916.

Achievements

  • Lord Henry Thynne, 1905–1916 Viscount Weymouth, 1916–1931 Viscount Weymouth, Member of Parliament, 1931–1935 Viscount Weymouth, 1935–1946 The Most Honourable The Marquess of Bath, 1946–1992.

Membership

36th United Kingdom Parliament]

As Viscount Weymouth, he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Frome between 1931 and 1935, and served as a member of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall from 1933 to 1936 and Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire in 1938.