Lord John Thynne

Rev. Lord John Thynne (7 November 1798 – 9 February 1881) was an English aristocrat and Anglican cleric, who served for 45 years as Deputy Dean of Westminster.

The Reverend Lord John Thynne
Monument and effigy of Lord John Thynne in Westminster Abbey
Born	7 November 1798
Died	9 February 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)
Notes
Offices held from The Clergy Database, Person: Thynne, John (1822–1831) The Clergy Database

Arms of Lord John Thynne: Quarterly of 4, 1st and 4th grand quarters: 1&4: Barry of ten or and sable (Botteville); 2nd and 3rd: Argent, a lion rampant tail nowed and erect gules (Thynne); 2: Gules, four fusils in fess argent (Carteret): 3: Gules, three clarions or (Granville). Detail from monument in Kilkhampton Church to his grandson Lt-Col. Algernon Carteret Thynne

Career

Lord John was born in 1798, the third son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765–1837) by his wife Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Byng, a daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington.

He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge, and was ordained by John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, in 1822. His first post was as curate of Corsley, a parish on his father's estate of Longleat. Next he served as Rector of Backwell, Street with Walton, and Kingston Deverill, all in Somerset and Wiltshire. In 1828 he was appointed a canon and subdean of Lincoln Cathedral, then became a Canon of Westminster Abbey in 1831. He became sub-dean 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 coronation of King William IV and Queen Adelaide, and later at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838. [1]

Marriage and family

Granite obelisk monument to Lt-Col. Algernon Carteret Thynne (1868–1917), DSO, Kilkhampton, Cornwall

On 2 March 1824 at St James's Church, Piccadilly, he married Anna Constantia Beresford, a daughter of Rev. Charles Cobbe Beresford. She later built the first marine aquarium in Britain. By his wife he had the following issue:

• George Emillus Thynne (1824–1838), eldest son who died aged 14 and predeceased his father.
• Frederick Charles Thynne (1826–1827), died aged 1.
• Francis John Thynne (1830–1910), eldest surviving son and heir, of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire, lord of the manors of Kilkhampton, Stratton and Binhamy,[2] who had issue including:
  • Lt-Col. Algernon Carteret Thynne (1868–1917), Royal North Devon Hussars, DSO, of Penstowe in the parish of Kilkhampton, Cornwall, killed in action in Palestine during World War I,[2] whose granite obelisk monument survives in the village centre of Kilkhampton[3] with another within the parish church.[4]
  • Capt. George Augustus Carteret Thynne (1869–1945), Royal North Devon Yeomanry, who had descendants surviving in 1968.[5]
• Reverend Arthur Christopher Thynne (1832–1908)
• Captain William Frederick Thynne (1834–1858)
• Lt.-Col. Alfred Walter Thynne (1836–1917)
• John Charles Thynne (1838–1918)
• Emily Constantia Thynne (1840–1926), married Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort
• Selina Charlotte Thynne (1842–1913)
• Maj.-Gen. Sir Reginald Thomas Thynne (1843–1926)

He inherited the estate of Haynes Park, Bedfordshire, and the manor of Kilkhampton in Cornwall from his childless uncle, John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret (1772–1849). Stowe House in Kilkhampton had been the seat of his distant ancestor John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701), and had descended from him via the Cartaret family.

Death and burial

He died on 9 February 1881 and was buried at Haynes Park. His monument designed by Henry Hugh Armstead, a recumbent effigy within an arched recess, survives in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.

References

1. "Key to Mr Leslie's picture of Queen Victoria receiving the Holy Sacrament at her Coronation". National Portrait Gallery.
2. Per inscription on monument in Kilkhampton Church to Lt Col. Algernon Carteret Thynne (1868–1917)
3. "Kilkhampton War Memorial and Memorial to Lieutenant Colonel Algernon Carteret Thynne D.S.O." ww1cemeteries.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
4. "Lt Col A Carteret-Thynne DSO". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
5. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.120

• Westminster Abbey — Lord John Thynne & family