View source for Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath

{{Short description|British naval commander and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath
| image        = Thynne-Botteville arms.svg
| alt          =
| caption      = Arms of Thynne: Quarterly: 1st and 4th: ''Barry of ten or and sable'' (Boteville); 2nd and 3rd: ''Argent, a lion rampant with tail nowed and erected gules'' (Thynne)
| office1      = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)|Weobley]]
| term1        = 1824-1826<br/>1828-1832
| party        = [[Tories (UK)|Tory]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1797|05|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place  =
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1837|06|24|1797|05|24|df=yes}}
| death_place  =
| education    =
| father       = [[Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath|Thomas Thynne]]
| relatives     = [[Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth|Thomas Thynne]] (brother)<br/>[[Lord Edward Thynne|Edward Thynne]] (brother)<br/>[[Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch|Charlotte Scott]] (sister)<br/>[[George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington|George Byng]] (grandfather)<br/>[[Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath|Thomas Thynne]] (grandfather)
| spouse       = {{marriage|Harriet Baring|1830}}
| children     = 4, including [[John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath|John]] and [[Lord Henry Frederick Thynne|Henry]]
| module       =
{{Infobox military person
| embed        = yes
| branch       = [[Royal Navy]]
| rank         = Captain
}}}}
'''Henry Frederick Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath''' (24 May 1797 – 24 June 1837), styled '''Lord Henry Thynne''' until January 1837 and '''Viscount Weymouth''' between January and March 1837, was a British naval commander and politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/thynne-lord-henry-1797-1837|title=THYNNE, Lord Henry Frederick (1797–1837), of 6 Grovesnor Square, Mdx.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 29 April 2016}}</ref>
==Biography==
{{unreferenced section|date=July 2024}}
Thynne was the second son of [[Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath]], whom he succeeded in March 1837 (his unmarried{{clarify|date=July 2024|reason=Thomas was married but without issue}} elder brother Thomas had predeceased their father by two months). He inherited land in County Monaghan, Shropshire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
He was educated at [[Eton College]]. He then served in the [[Royal Navy]] and rose to the rank of captain in 1822 after which he transferred to the Signals Corps and did not return to sea. From 1824 to 1826 and 1828 to 1832, he was MP (Tory) for [[Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)|Weobley]], Herefordshire.
==Family==
{{unreferenced section|date=July 2024}}
Lord Bath married the Honourable Harriet Baring, daughter of [[Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton]], on 19 April 1830. They had four children:
*Lady Louisa Isabella Harriet Thynne (1834 – 26 June 1919); married 1862 General Hon. Sir [[Percy Feilding]], son of [[William Feilding, 7th Earl of Denbigh]] and had issue.
*Lady Alice Thynne (d. 1847)
*[[John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath|John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath]] (1831–1896)
*[[Lord Henry Frederick Thynne]] (1832–1904); married Lady Ulrica Seymour, daughter of [[Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset]] and had issue.
==Death==
{{unreferenced section|date=July 2024}}
Lord Bath died suddenly in 1837, having been Marquess for only three months, and was buried on 1 July 1837 at [[Longbridge Deverill]], near his home, [[Longleat|Longleat House]] in [[Wiltshire]]. He was succeeded by his eldest son [[John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath|John]].
{{Thynne family tree}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Hansard-contribs | lord-henry-thynne-1 | Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath }}
{{s-start}}
{{s-par|uk}}
{{s-bef
| before  = [[Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet|Sir George Cockburn, Bt]]
| before2 = Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck
}}
{{s-title
| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)|Weobley]]
| years = 1824 – [[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826]]
| with  = [[Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet|Sir George Cockburn, Bt]]
}}
{{s-aft
| after  = [[Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet|Sir George Cockburn, Bt]]
| after2 = [[Lord William Thynne]]
}}
{{s-bef
| before  = [[Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet|Sir George Cockburn, Bt]]
| before2 = [[Lord William Thynne]]
}}
{{s-title
| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weobley (UK Parliament constituency)|Weobley]]
| years = 1828 – [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]
| with  = [[Lord William Thynne]] to 1831
| with2 = [[Lord Edward Thynne]] from 1831
}}
{{s-non | reason = borough disenfranchised }}
{{S-reg|gb}}
{{Succession box | title=[[Marquess of Bath]] | before=[[Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath|Thomas Thynne]] | after=[[John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath|John Thynne]] | years=March–June 1837 }}
{{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bath, Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of}}
[[Category:1797 births]]
[[Category:1837 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Marquesses of Bath|3]]
[[Category:Thynne family|Henry]]
[[Category:Royal Navy captains]]
[[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1820–1826]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1826–1830]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1830–1831]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1831–1832]]
[[Category:Tory MPs (pre-1834)]]
{{GB-marquess-stub}}
{{England-UK-MP-stub}}