The Most Honourable The Marquess of Bath KG CB PC JP |
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Under-Secretary of State for India | |
In office 20 January 1905 – 4 December 1905 |
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Monarch | Edward VII |
Prime Minister | Arthur Balfour |
Preceded by | Earl Percy |
Succeeded by | John Ellis |
Master of the Horse | |
In office 20 November 1922 – 22 January 1924 |
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Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister |
Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin |
Preceded by | The Earl of Chesterfield |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Granard |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 July 1862 The Stable Yard, St James's, London |
Died | 9 June 1946 (aged 83) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Violet Mordaunt (1869–1928) |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath KG CB PC JP (15 July 1862 – 9 June 1946), styled Viscount Weymouth until 1896, was a British landowner and Conservative politician. He held ministerial office as Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905 and Master of the Horse between 1922 and 1924. He was also involved in local politics and served as Chairman of Wiltshire County Council between 1906 and his death in 1946.
Known by the courtesy title Viscount Weymouth from birth, he was born at The Stable Yard, St James's, London, the eldest son of John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, by the Honourable Frances Isabella Catherine Vesey, daughter of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1886 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and in 1888 with a Master of Arts (MA) degree.
Lord Weymouth sat as Member of Parliament for Frome between 1886 and 1892 and from 1895 to 1896, when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords. He served under Arthur Balfour as Under-Secretary of State for India between January and December 1905. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset in 1904 and Chairman of Wiltshire County Council in 1906, and held both posts simultaneously until his death in 1946.