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bap. 8 Sept. 1640, 1st s. of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 1st Bt. of Caus Castle, Salop and Kempsford, Glos. by Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough; bro. of James Thynne. educ. Kingston-on-Thames g.s., Surr.; Hayes, Mdx. (Dr Thomas Triplett); Christ Church, Oxf. 1657. m. by 1673, Lady Frances Finch (d. 17 Apr. 1712), da. of Heneage, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea, 3s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 6 Mar. 1680, cos. Thomas Thynne I in his Wiltshire estates 1682; cr. Visct. Weymouth 11 Dec. 1682.Mems. St. Margaret’s Westminster, 167.
Offices Held

Groom of the bedchamber to the Duke of York 1666 – 72; envoy to Sweden 1666 – 69; member, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 1701; PC 18 June 1702 – May 1707, 8 Mar. 1712 – d.; first ld. of trade and plantations 1702–7.Savile Corresp. (Cam. Soc. lxxi), 13, 32; CSP Dom. 1672, p. 655; 1700–2, p. 358.

J.p. Glos. Salop and Staffs. by 1680 – 96, Wilts. 1682 – 96, Som. 1684 – 96, Som. and Wilts. 1700 – d.; commr. for assessment, Glos. and Salop 1673 – 80, Oxf. Univ. 1677 – 79, Herefs., Staffs. and Warws. 1677 – 80, recusants, Oxon. 1675; dep. lt. Staffs. 1678 – ?87, Som. and Wilts. 1682 – 83; steward of Sutton Coldfield honour, Warws. 1679 – d.; high steward, Tamworth 1681 – d., Lichfield 1712 – d.; custos rot. Wilts. 1683 – 96, 1700–6 1711 – d.; warden, Forest of Dean and constable of St. Briavels Castle 1712–d.CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 273; 1680–1, p. 653; 1682, p. 356; Luttrell, vi. 46; HMC Portland, iv. 694; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxvi. 340; T. Harwood, Hist. and Antiqs. Lichfield, 438.

FRS 1664.

Parlimentarian
THYNNE, Thomas I (1640-1714), of Drayton Bassett, Staffs.
Main residence: Drayton Bassett, Staffs.
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L.N.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
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THYNNE, Thomas I (1640-1714)

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Oxford 1644
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