Lord Henry Thynne

The Right Honourable
Lord Henry Thynne
DL

Lord Henry Thynne by Leslie Ward, 1877.
Treasurer of the Household
In office
14 December 1875 – 21 April 1880
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli
Preceded by Earl Percy
Succeeded by The Earl of Breadalbane
Personal details
Born 2 August 1832
Died 28 January 1904 (1904-01-29) (aged 71)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lady Ulrica Seymour
(d. 1916)
Children Ulric Oliver Thynne

Lord Henry Frederick Thynne PC, DL (2 August 1832 – 28 January 1904) was a British Conservative politician. He served under Benjamin Disraeli as Treasurer of the Household between 1875 and 1880.

Background

Thynne was the second son of Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath, and his wife the Honourable Harriet Baring, daughter of Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton. John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, was his elder brother.[1]

Political career

Thynne entered the House of Commons in 1859 as Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire, a seat he held until 1885,[1][2] and served under Benjamin Disraeli as Treasurer of the Household from 1875 to 1880.[1] In 1876 he was admitted to the Privy Council.[3] Apart from his political career he was also a Major in the Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.[1]

Family

Thynne married Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset, on 1 June 1858. They had four sons and two daughters. He died in January 1904, aged 71. Lady Ulrica survived him by twelve years and died in January 1916.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Lord Henry Frederick Thynne
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
  3. ↑ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors 1836–1914
  4. ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard, (1938 ed) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Shaw, London. p.243
  5. 1 2 3 Woodfall, H. (1768). The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time, Volume 6. p. 258.
  6. 1 2  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Thynne, William". Dictionary of National Biography 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  7. ↑ Girouard, Mark, Thynne, Sir John (1515–1580), estate manager and builder of Longleat in Oxford Dictionary of Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
  8. ↑ Booth, Muriel. "THYNNE, John (?1550-1604), of Longleat, Wilts.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Lancaster, Henry; Thrush, Andrew. "THYNNE, Charles (c.1568-1652), of Cheddar, Som.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Rugh, R. B.; Critall, Elizabeth. "'Parliamentary history : 1529-1629', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 5". British History Online. Victoria County History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Ferris, John P. "THYNNE, Sir James (c.1605-70), of Longbridge Deverill, Wilts.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Helms, M. W.; Ferris, John P. "THYNNE, Sir Thomas (c.1610-c.69), of Richmond, Surr.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Marshall, Alan. "Thynne, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 January 2016. (subscription required (help)).
  14. ↑ Heath-Caldwell, J. J. "Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, 3rd Viscount Weymouth". JJ Heath-Caldwell. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Hayton, D. W. "THYNNE, Hon. Henry (1675-1708).". The History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Dunaway, Stewart (2013). Lord John Carteret, Earl Granville - His Life History and the Granville Grants. Lulu. p. 33. ISBN 9781300878070.
  17. ↑ "Bath, Thomas Thynne". Encyclopedia Britannica 1911. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Thorne, Roland. "Carteret [formerly Thynne], Henry Frederick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  20. ↑ Escott, Margaret. "THYNNE, Lord Henry Frederick (1797-1837), of 6 Grovesnor Square, Mdx.". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896), Diplomat and landowner". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Hon. Sidney Herbert
William Wyndham		 Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire
1859–1885
With: Hon. Sidney Herbert 1859–1861
Frederick Hervey-Bathurst 1861–1865
Thomas Grove 1865–1874
Viscount Folkestone 1874–1885		 Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by
Earl Percy		 Treasurer of the Household
1875–1880 		Succeeded by
The Earl of Breadalbane


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