Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth

Origins

Inheritance

Career

Marriages and children

• Firstly on 6 December 1726, to Lady Elizabeth Sackville, a daughter of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset.
• Secondly he married Lady Louisa Carteret, a daughter of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville and a co-heiress of her childless brother Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville. On her father's side she was a great-grand-daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath , and her father's first-cousin was William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath, on whose death the Earldom of Bath became extinct. The title of Marquess of Bath was later created for her eldest son in 1789, the title Earl of Bath being then unavailable as it had been recreated for a member of the Pulteney family. When Louisa died in childbirth, in her early twenties, her friend, Mrs Delany, wrote:"Her husband's... loss is irreparable." During her illness, Mrs Delany had written that "my Lord Weymouth is like a madman". By Louisa Carteret he had two sons:
• *Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath, eldest son and heir, created Marquess of Bath in 1789. He inherited Longleat House and his father's vast estates.
• *Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret, created Baron Carteret in 1784. As a second son under the system of primogeniture he had little expectation of a rich inheritance. However, in 1776, by Act of Parliament, he changed his name and arms to Carteret, in compliance with his inheritance from his childless uncle Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Baron Carteret , of his estates including Hawnes Park, in Bedfordshire and Stowe House, Kilkhampton in Cornwall. He also succeeded him as Bailiff of Jersey, a post long held by heads of the Carteret family. In 1784 he was created Baron Carteret, of Hawnes, thus reviving his uncle's second title.

  Death and burial