Marquess of Bath
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Marquess of Bath is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth. The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles Baron Thynne, of Warminster in th
Sir John Thynne (died 1580)
Longleat, seat of the Thynnes
John Thynne
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Sir John Thynne was the steward to Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and a member of parliament. He was the builder of Longleat House, and his descendants became Marquesses of Bath.
Marquess of Bath
…created in 1682 in the Peerage of England. He is also a baronet in the Baronetage of England. The Thynne family descends from the soldier and courtier Sir John Thynne (died 1580), who constructed Longleat House between 1567 and 1579. In 1641 his great-grandson Henry Frederick Thynne was created a Baronet, of Caus…
View of Longleat by Jan Siberechts, 1675