About Lord Henry Thynne
Lived 1832 – 1904 (aged 71). Lord Henry Thynne was a British politician.
Lord Henry "Harry" 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. Apart from his political career he was also a Major in the Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry and a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.
Henry "Harry" Boteville Thynne (1860–1887), committed suicide in his lodgings, Duke-street. St. James's, London Thomas Ulric Thynne (1861-1911), Royal Navy officer; m. 1898 Dorothy Mary Warner, daughter of Charles William Warner, CB John "Ion" Alexander Roger Thynne (1863-1914) Colonel Ulric Oliver Thynne, DSO (1871–1957), British Army officer; m. 1899 Marjory Wormald, daughter of Edward Wormald, and had issue Alice Ruth Hermione Thynne (1866-1948); m. 1889 Alexander Edward Lane Fox-Pitt Rivers Alice Rachel Thynne (d.1938)
Lord Henry died in January 1904, aged 71. Lady Ulrica survived him by twelve years and died in January 1916.
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