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Lord John Thynne

The Reverend Lord John Thynne
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Burial monument of Lord John Thynne in Westminster Abbey
Born 7 November 1798
Died 9 Feb 1881
Education Eton and St John's College, Cambridge
Spouse(s) Anna Constantia Beresford (1806–1866)
Parent(s) Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837) and Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng (1773–1830)
Church Church of England
Ordained 1822
Offices held
Curate of Corsley (1822-1823)
Rector of Backwell, Street with Walton and Kingston Deverill (1823-1828)
Prebendary and subdean of Lincoln (1828-1831)
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Lord John Thynne (7 November 1798 — 9 February 1881) was an Anglican cleric, who served for 45 years as Deputy Dean of Westminster.

Thynne was born in 1798, the fourth child of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath and the former, Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington. He studied at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge.

Thynne was ordained by John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury in 1822. His first post was as curate of Corsley, a village on his father's estate of Longleat, then as rector of Backwell, Street with Walton and Kingston Deverill, all in Somerset and Wiltshire, from 1823. In 1828, he was appointed a canon and subdean of Lincoln, then became a canon of Westminster in 1831. He became subdean of Westminster in 1835, later declining the deaneries of Westminster, Wells and Windsor. He lived at Ashburnham House near Westminster Abbey and assisted at the coronations of King William IV and Queen Adelaide and Queen Victoria.


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