Peerage details
suc. gt. uncle 28 July 1714 (a minor) as 2nd Visct. WEYMOUTH
Sitting
First sat 2 Mar. 1732; last sat 18 Nov. 1747
Family and Education
b. 21 May 1710, posth. s. of Thomas Thynne (d.1710), of Kempton Park, Mdx., and Mary, da. of Edward Villiers*, earl of Jersey. educ. travelled abroad, 1727-31 (Holland).1 Daily Journal, 24 May 1727; London Evening Post, 4-6 May 1731. m. (1) 6 Dec. 1726, Elizabeth (d.1729), 2nd but 1st surv. da. of Lionel Sackville*, duke of Dorset, s.p.; (2) 3 July 1733, Louisa (d.1736), 2nd da. of John Carteret*, Earl Granville, 3s.2 London Evening Post, 15-17 Jan. 1751. d. 12 Jan. 1751; will 5 Sept. 1748 – 12 Mar. 1750, pr. 22 Jan. 1751.
Offices Held
High Steward, Tamworth 1733; Kpr. Hyde Park and Ranger St James’s Park, 1739 – d.
Grand Master, Freemasons (England) 1735 – 36.
biography text
Thynne succeeded to the viscountcy aged just four. Details of his career will be provided in the second part of this work.
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