Marquess of Bath
Marquessate of Bath | |
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heirs male of the body lawfully begotten | |
Subsidiary titles |
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Status | Extant |
Seat(s) | Longleat |
Motto | J'AY BONNE CAUSE (I have good reason) |
Marquess of Bath is a title in the
Family history until 1800
The Thynne family descends from the soldier and courtier
Lord Weymouth died without surviving male issue in 1714 (one of his three sons, the Honourable Henry Thynne, represented Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and Tamworth in Parliament but had died in 1708, leaving only daughters) and was succeeded in the peerages (according to the special remainders) by his great-nephew, the second Viscount. He was the grandson of the aforementioned Henry Frederick Thynne, brother of the first Viscount. He married as his second wife Lady Louisa Carteret, daughter of John, Earl Granville, a female-line grandson of John, 1st Earl of Bath of the second creation (a title which had become extinct in 1711). Lord Weymouth was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Viscount. He was a prominent statesman and served as Secretary of State for the Northern Department and as Secretary of State for the Southern Department. In 1789 the Bath title held by his ancestors was revived when he was created Marquess of Bath.[3] Unusually, the Earldom of Bath was revived during the Marquess's lifetime for Laura Pulteney, the heiress of the Earl of Bath of the fourth creation. Place names used by existing peerages are normally avoided when new ones are created. This earldom went extinct on her death in 1808.
Family history 1800–present
The 1st Marquess's son
The 6th Marquess's second son, Alexander, the 7th Marquess, succeeded in 1992. He was a well-known politician, author and artist. In 2015 the Times described him as "a steaming pile of ancient kaftans and one of our wuffliest and weirdest mad-hatter aristocrats. He is best known for swanning around Longleat, his enormous Elizabethan pad in Wiltshire, entertaining his 75 concubines, or as he called them, "wifelets". The wifelets have included former Bond girls and Sri Lankan teenagers, as well as housewives and, according to some, prostitutes. The deal is simple: the wifelets get to hang out with Lord Bath in a jewel of a palace and in return he gets unlimited sex."[4]
The titles are currently held by Ceawlin Thynn, the son of the 7th Marquess.
Other family members
The Honourable
The family seat is
Coat of arms
The arms borne by the Thynne family are: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, barry of ten Or and Sable (Botteville); 2nd and 3rd, Argent, a lion rampant with tail nowed and erected Gules (Thynne).[1] This can be translated as: a shield divided into quarters, the top left and bottom right made of ten horizontal bars alternating gold and black (for the Boteville family); the top right and bottom left quarters white with a red lion rampant with a knotted tail (for the Thynne family).
Early Thynnes of Longleat
- Sir John Thynne the Elder (1515–1580), the builder of Longleat
- Sir John Thynne the Younger (1555–1604), son of Sir John Thynne the Elder
- Sir Thomas Thynne (ca. 1578–1639), son of Sir John Thynne the Younger
- Sir James Thynne (1605–1670), son of Sir Thomas Thynne
- Thomas Thynne (1648–1682), nephew of Sir James Thynne, grandson of Sir Thomas Thynne
Thynne Baronets, of Cause Castle (1641)
- Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Baronet (1615–1680), son of Sir Thomas Thynne (ca. 1578–1639)
- Sir Thomas Thynne, 2nd Baronet (1640–1714) (created Viscount Weymouth in 1682)
Viscounts Weymouth (1682)
- Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth (1640–1714)
- The Hon. Henry Thynne (1675–1708)
- Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth (1710–1751)
- Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth (1734–1796) (created Marquess of Bath in 1789)
Marquesses of Bath (1789)
- Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath (1734–1796)
- Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837)
- Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath (1797–1837)
- John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831–1896)
- Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath (1862–1946)
- Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905–1992)
- Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (1932–2020)
- Ceawlin Henry Laszlo Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath (b. 1974)
The heir apparent is the 8th Marquess' son, John Alexander Ladi Thynn, Viscount Weymouth (b. 2014).
Family tree
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See also
Notes
- ^ a b Montague-Smith, P. W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 119
- ^ "No. 1778". The London Gazette. 4 December 1682. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 13123". The London Gazette. 18 August 1789. p. 550.
- ^ London Sunday Times; 6 Sept 2015
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, (1938 ed) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Shaw, London. p. 243
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27426. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Oxford Dictionary of Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ Booth, Muriel. "Thynne, John (?1550–1604), of Longleat, Wilt". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Lancaster, Henry; Thrush, Andrew. "Thynne, Charles (c.1568–1652), of Cheddar, So". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Pugh, R. B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1957). "Parliamentary history: 1529–1629". A History of the County of Wiltshire. Vol. 5. London: Victoria County History – via British History Online.
- ^ Ferris, John P. "Thynne, Sir James (c.1605-70), of Longbridge Deverill, Wilt". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Helms, M. W.; Ferris, John P. "Thynne, Sir Thomas (c.1610–c.69), of Richmond, Sur". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27423. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Heath-Caldwell, J. J. "Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, 3rd Viscount Weymouth". JJ Heath-Caldwell. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Hayton, D. W. "Thynne, Hon. Henry (1675-1708)". The History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ISBN 9781300878070.
- ^ "Bath, Thomas Thynne". Encyclopedia Britannica 1911. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Thorne, Roland. "Carteret [formerly Thynne], Henry Frederick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ Escott, Margaret. "Thynne, Lord Henry Frederick (1797-1837), of 6 Grovesnor Square, Md". History of Parliament. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896), Diplomat and landowner". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ISBN 2-9400-8502-1.
- ISBN 978-1-9997-6705-1.
References
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 95.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.[page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Wyn Ellis, Nesta. The Marquess of Bath: Lord of Love. Dynasty Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9553507-4-0.[page needed]
External links
- Official website of the 7th Marquess of Bath