James Thynne

Sir James Thynne (1605 – 12 October 1670) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1670.

Life

Thynne was born in 1605, the eldest son of Maria and Sir Thomas Thynne, of Longleat, Wiltshire. His parents' marriage and his legitimacy were the basis of a long legal dispute.^[1] He was knighted at Berwick on 23 June 1639.^[2]

In November 1640, Thynne was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in the Long Parliament.^[3] He was disabled from sitting in 1642.

In 1655, Thynne founded an almshouse at Longbridge Deverill.^[4] Following the Restoration, he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1661. Sir Christopher Wren advised him on improvements to the house at Longleat which included the great stairs and stone terrace.^[5] In 1664 he was re-elected MP for Wiltshire in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1670.^[6]

Thynne married Lady Isabella Rich, daughter of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and his wife Isabel Cope. He died without issue and his nephew Thomas succeeded to the estates.^[7]

Family tree summary for the Thynnes of Longleat from about 1500^[8]

Ralph Botevile^[9]

Thomas Thynne^[9]

William Thynne^[9]^[10]
d. 1546

John Thynne of Longleat^[11]
c. 1515–1580

Francis Thynne^[10]
c. 1544–1608

John Thynneof Longleat^[12]
1555–1604

Charles Thynne^[13]
c. 1568–1652

Thomas Thynne of Longleat^[14]
c. 1578–1639

Baronet of Caus Castle, of Kempsford in the County of Gloucester, 1641

James of Longleat^[15]
1605–1670

Thomas of Richmond^[16]
d. 1669

Henry Frederick Thynne
1615–1680
1st Baronet of Kempsford

Baron Thynne, 1680
Viscount Weymouth, 1682

Thomas of Longleat,^[17]
1648–1682

Thomas Thynne^[18]
1640–1714
inherited Longleat, 1682
1st Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
2nd Baronet of Kempsford

James Thynne of Buckland
d. 1709

Henry Thynne Frederick
d. 1705

unmarried

Henry Thynne^[19]
1675–1708

Thomas Thynne d. 1710

two daughters but no sons

Thomas Thynne^[20]
1710–1751
2nd Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
3rd Baronet of Kempsford

Marquess of Bath, 1789

Baron Carteret (2nd creation), 1784

Thomas Thynne^[21]
1734–1796
1st Marquess of Bath,
3rd Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
4th Baronet of Kempsford

Henry Carteret^[22]
1735–1826
1st Baron Carteret

Thomas Thynne^[23]
1765–1837
2nd Marquess of Bath,
4th Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
5th Baronet of Kempsford

George Thynne
1770–1838
2nd Baron Carteret

John Thynne
1772–1849
3rd Baron Carteret

Baron Carteret extinct, 1849

Henry Thynne
^[24]
1797–1837
3rd Marquess of Bath,
5th Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
6th Baronet of Kempsford

Edward Thynne
1807–1884

Lady Charlotte Anne Thynne
1811–1895
marr.: Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and had issue.

John Thynne^[25]
1831–1896
4th Marquess of Bath,
6th Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
7th Baronet of Kempsford

Henry Thynne
1832–1904

Thomas Thynne
1862–1946
5th Marquess of Bath,
7th Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
8th Baronet of Kempsford

Ulric Oliver Thynne
1871–1957

Henry Thynne
1905–1992
6th Marquess of Bath,
8th Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
9th Baronet of Kempsford

Thomas Timothy Thynne
1929–1930

Alexander George Thynn
1930–2020
7th Marquess of Bath,
9th Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
10th Baronet of Kempsford

Christopher John Thynne
1934–2017

Valentine Charles Thynne
1937–1979

Ceawlin Thynn
b. 1974
8th Marquess of Bath,
10th Viscount Weymouth and Baron Thynne,
11th Baronet of Kempsford

Lucien Henry Valentine Thynne
b. 1965

John Alexander Ladi Thynn
b. 2014
styled Viscount Weymouth

Parliament of England
Preceded by Philip Lord Herbert Sir Francis Seymour	Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1640–1642 With: Sir Henry Ludlow	Succeeded by James Herbert Edmund Ludlow

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