- Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath
Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath JP (
January 26 1905 –June 30 1992 ), son ofThomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath and Violet Mordaunt, was a British politician, aristocrat and landowner.Lord Bath was educated at
Harrow School andChrist Church, Oxford . AsViscount Weymouth , he was elected ConservativeMember of Parliament for Frome between 1931 and 1935, and served as a member of the Council of theDuchy of Cornwall from 1933 to 1936 andJustice of the Peace forWiltshire in 1938.He gained the rank of Major in the service of the
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry , fought in theSecond World War and was afterwards awarded the Bronze Star and theSilver Star .Thynne succeeded his father as
Marquess of Bath in 1946, his elder brother having been killed inWorld War I . The Marquess was noted for his forestry work on the ancestral estateLongleat . It was he who developed the safari park and opened the house to the public.He married, firstly, Hon. Daphne Vivian, daughter of
George Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian , on27 October 1927 and they were divorced in 1953. 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 young.
*Alexander George Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (b.6 May 1932 )
*Lord Christopher John Thynne (b.9 April 1934 ), married Antonia Palmer, daughter ofSir Anthony Palmer, 4th Baronet and had issue.
*Lord Valentine Charles Thynne (1937–1979), married firstly, Veronica Jacks and had issue. He married secondly, Susanne Alder and married thirdly, Liese Dennis.Lord Thynne married, secondly, Virginia Penelope Parsons, on 15 July 1953. They had one daughter:
*Lady Silvy Cerne Thynne (b.
22 December 1958 ), married Iain McQuiston and had issue.Titles
*Lord Henry Frederick Thynne, 1905–1916
*Henry Frederick Thynne, Viscount Weymouth, 1916–1931
*Henry Frederick Thynne, Viscount Weymouth, MP 1931–1935
*Henry Frederick Thynne, Viscount Weymouth, 1935–1938
*Henry Frederick Thynne, Viscount Weymouth, JP 1938–1946
*Henry Frederick Thynne, Marquess of Bath, JP 1946–1992
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