title: Lord Henry Thynne
text: # Lord Henry Thynne
  
  Lord Henry Frederick Thynne PC DL (2 August 1832 – 28 January 1904) was a British Conservative politician. He served under Benjamin Disraeli as Treasurer of the Household between 1875 and 1880.
  
  ## Background
  
  Thynne was the second son of Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath, and his wife the Honourable Harriet Baring, daughter of Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton. John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, was his elder brother.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Thynne entered the House of Commons in 1859 as Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire, a seat he held until 1885, and served under Benjamin Disraeli as Treasurer of the Household from 1875 to 1880. In 1876 he was admitted to the Privy Council. Apart from his political career he was also a Major in the Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.
  
  ## Family
  
  Thynne married on 1 June 1858 Lady Ulrica Frederica Jane Seymour, daughter of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset. They had four sons and two daughters:
  
  * Thomas Ulric Thynne (b.1861), Royal Navy officer; m. 1898 Dorothy Mary Warner, daughter of Charles William Warner, CB
  * John Alexander Roger Thynne (b.1864)
  * Colonel Ulric Oliver Thynne, DSO (1871–1957), British Army officer; m. 1899 Marjory Wormald, daughter of Edward Wormald, and had issue
  * Oliver St Maur Thynne (b.1901)
  * Alice Rachel Thynne
  * Alice Ruth Hermione Thynne; m. 1889 Alexander Edward Lane Fox-Pitt Rivers
  
  Lord Henry died in January 1904, aged 71. Lady Ulrica survived him by twelve years and died in January 1916.
  
  vteFamily tree summary for the Thynnes of Longleat from about 1500 :
  
  Ralph Botevile
  
  Thomas ThynneWilliam Thynne d. 1546
  
  Sir John Thynne of Longleat b.c.1515, d.1580Francis Thynne b.c.1544, d.1608
  
  Sir John of Longleat b.1550, d.1604Charles Thynne b.c.1568, d.1652
  
  Sir Thomas of Longleat, d.1639
  
  James of Longleat, b.1605, d.1670Thomas of Richmond, d.1669Henry Frederick, 1st Baronet of Kempsford. b.1615 d.1680
  
  Thomas of Longleat, b.1648, assassinated 1682Thomas, 1st Viscount Weymouth, b.1640, inherited Longleat 1682, d.1714James of Buckland, d.1709Henry Frederick, d.1705
  
  unmarried
  
  Henry, b.1675, d.1708Thomas, d.1710 a month before his son was born
  
  two daughters but no sons
  
  Thomas, 2nd Viscount Weymouth, b.1710, d.1751
  
  Thomas, 1st Marquess of Bath, b.1734, d.1796Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret b.1735, d.1826
  
  no children
  
  Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath, b.1765, d.1837George, 2nd Baron Carteret b.1770, d.1838John, 3rd Baron Carteret b.1772, d.1849
  
  no childrenno children
  
  Henry, 3rd Marquess of Bath b.1797, d.1837Lord Edward Thynne b.1807, d.1884Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne b.1811, d.1895, marr.: Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th D. of Buccleuch and had issue.
  
  John, 4th Marquess of Bath b.1831, d.1896Lord Henry Thynne b.1832, d.1904
  
  Sir Thomas, 5th Marquess of Bath b.1862, d.1946Col. Ulric Oliver Thynne b.1871, d.1957
  
  Henry, 6th Marquess of Bath b.1905, d.1992
  
  Thomas Timothy Thynne b.1929, d.1930Alexander, 7th Marquess of Bath b.1930, d.2020Lord Christopher John Thynne b.1934Lord Valentine Charles Thynne b.1937, d.1979
  
  Ceawlin, 8th Marquess of Bath b.1974Lucien Henry Valentine Thynne b.1965
  
  John Alexander Ladi Thynn, Viscount Weymouth b.2014 :
  
  Notes :
  
  