Name Henry 6th | Died June 30, 1992, Longleat | |
Spouse Virginia Penelope Parsons (m. 1953), Daphne Fielding (m. 1927–1953) Children Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, Christopher Thynn, Lady Silvy Cerne Thynne, Lady Caroline Jane Thynne Education Harrow School, Christ Church, Oxford Parents Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath, Violet Mordaunt Similar People Alexander Thynn - 7th Marquess, Thomas Thynne - 5th Marq, Ceawlin Thynn - Viscount, Daphne Fielding, Anna Thynn - Marchion | ||
Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath JP (26 January 1905 – 30 June 1992), styled Lord Henry Thynne until 1916 and Viscount Weymouth between 1916 and 1946, was a British aristocrat, landowner and Conservative Party politician.
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Background and education
Lord Bath was the second but eldest surviving the son of Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath and Violet Mordaunt, the illegitimate daughter of Harriet Mordaunt and Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen. He was educated at The New Beacon Preparatory School, Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1916 he became the heir to the family titles and estates after his elder brother John was killed in action in the First World War.
In the 1920s the tabloid press considered him one of the bright young things.
Political and military careers
As Viscount Weymouth, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Frome between 1931 and 1935, and served as a member of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall from 1933 to 1936 and Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire in 1938.
He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, fought in the Second World War, and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Silver Star for actions during that period.
Thynne succeeded his father as Marquess of Bath in 1946. He was noted for his forestry work on the ancestral estate of Longleat. It was he who developed the safari park and opened the house to the public in 1949.
Family
On 27 October 1927 Lord Weymouth married, firstly, Daphne Vivian, daughter of George Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian, and they were divorced in 1953. They had five children:
After becoming Lord Bath he married, secondly, Virginia Penelope Parsons (1917-2003), on 15 July 1953, following her divorce earlier that year from David Tennant. They had one daughter: