Tynte baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Tynte, one in the
The Tynte Baronetcy of Halswell, Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of England for Halswell Tynte on 26 Jan 1674.[1]
The Tynte Baronetcy of Dunlavin, County Wicklow was created in the Baronetage of Ireland for James Stratford Tynte on 24 August 1778. He was the only son of Robert Tynte and Lady Elizabeth Stratford, daughter of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough. He had one daughter but no male heir.
Tynte family origins
One of the legends that surround the families who have lived in
" .. the maiden knight had borne himself like a lion, and had done work enough for six crusaders"
For which service to the Christian cause the King is said to have conferred on the young Knight his armorial bearings (Heraldic device), a lion argent on a field of gold between six crosslets of the first and the motto Tynctus Cruore Saraceno ("tinged with Saracen blood"). Examples of the Tynte family crest can be seen in the church of St Edwards in Goathurst, and the inn The Tynte Arms in nearby Enmore.[2]
However, later historians have concluded that the Tyntes only rose from the yeomanry in the late 16th century (so would not have been entitled to have a coat of arms until then).[3]
Tynte baronets, of Halsewell, Somerset (1674)
- Sir Halswell Tynte, 1st Baronet (4 February 1649 – 9 Apr 1702) MP for Bridgwater 1679–89
- Sir John Tynte, 2nd Baronet (4 March 1683 – 16 March 1710)
- Sir Halswell Tynte, 3rd Baronet (15 Nov 1705 – 12 November 1730) MP for Bridgwater 1727–30
- Sir John Tynte, 4th Baronet (27 March 1707 – 15 August 1740)
- 1747–74.
Tynte baronets, of Dunlaven, County Wicklow (1778)
- Sir James Stratford Tynte, 1st Baronet (August 1760 – 10 November 1785). Baronetcy extinct on his death.
Anglo-Irish background
Sir
A friend of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Tynte was married in 1612 to Richard Boyle's cousin Elizabeth (née Boyle), widow of Sir Edmund Spenser the poet. In time, Tynte's son Robert had two daughters, Catherine who married William Hyde of Carrigoneda, and Jane, who married Major Nicholas Pyne of Mogeely, son of the highly successful English settler Henry Pyne, and was the mother of Sir Richard Pyne, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. Tynte's other son Henry would marry Sir Percy Smyth's eldest daughter, Mabel. Sir Robert Tynte outlived Henry by two years, passing away in 1663. He was buried at Kilcredan graveyard, near Ladysbridge.
Mabel Smyth and Sir Henry Tynte
References
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665-1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 October 2018
- ^ "Goathurst - Quantock Hills, Somerset". www.quantockonline.co.uk.
- ^ "TYNTE, John (1617-69), of Chelvey, Som. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
- ^ "Turtle Bunbury - Award-winning travel writer, historian and author based in Ireland". www.turtlebunbury.com. 2 November 2021.