Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath  Emma Clare Thynn, Marchioness of Bath ("née" McQuiston; born 26 March 1986) is a British socialite, fashion model and television personality. She is married to Ceawlyn Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath. In 2020, she became the first black marchioness in British history. The Marchioness was born Emma Clare McQuiston, on 26 March 1986, in London, the daughter of a Nigerian father and an English mother. Her father, Chief Oladipo Jadesimi, is a Nigerian oil billionaire who is the founder and executive chairman of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Company, while her mother, Suzanna McQuiston, is an English socialite. Through her father, Emma is a half-sister of Amy Jadesimi, who is 10 years older than her. Emma is an heir to her father's estate, estimated in the billions from oil. Emma was raised in South Kensington. She was head girl at Queen's Gate School and later attended University College London to study Art History. After university, she studied classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. McQuiston and Ceawlyn Thynn (then Viscount Weymouth) announced their engagement in November 2012. They were married at Longleat, the family seat in Wiltshire, on 8 June 2013. Upon her marriage McQuiston became Viscountess Weymouth. The wedding ceremony was not attended by the groom's parents, Anna and Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath. Her fiancé's father boycotted the ceremony after a feud with Viscount Weymouth over changes made to his artworks at Longleat. The bridegroom's mother was banned from the ceremony by the Viscount after she repeatedly made racist remarks about McQuiston. In 2013, she stated that she has experienced racism and prejudice from other members of the British aristocracy. Anna, the Dowager Marchioness of Bath, is banned from visiting her grandchildren after making racist remarks regarding their mother. When her husband succeeded his father as the Marquess of Bath, she became the first black marchioness in British history. John Alexander Ladi Thynn, Viscount Weymouth was born on 26 October 2014, in London by emergency caesarian section. His birth took place at the Lindo Wing, St. Mary's Hospital.