James Thynne
Sir James Thynne (1605 – 12 October 1670) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1670.
Thynne was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Thynne, of Longleat, Wiltshire. He was knighted at Berwick on 23 June 1639.[1]
In November 1640, Thynne was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in the Long Parliament.[2] He was disabled from sitting in 1642.
In 1655 Thynne founded an almshouse at Longbridge Deverill.[3] Following the Restoration, he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1661. Sir Christopher Wren advised him on improvements to the house at Longleat which included the great stairs and stone terrace.[4] In 1664 he was re-elected MP for Wiltshire in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1670.[5]
Thynne married Lady Isabella Rich, daughter of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and his wife Isabel Cope. He died without issue and his nephew Thomas succeeded to the estates.[6]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1640-1642 With: Sir Henry Ludlow |
Succeeded by James Herbert Edmund Ludlow |
References
- ↑ Knights of England
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- ↑ British Listed Buildings Sir James Thynne House
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard, (1938 ed) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Shaw, London. p.243
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- 1605 births
- 1670 deaths
- Thynne family
- English landowners
- High Sheriffs of Wiltshire
- People of the Stuart period
- English MPs 1640–48 (up to Pride's Purge)
- English MPs 1661–79
