Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth ( 1640 - 1714 )

Baptism: 8 September 1640 Death: London, England, Europe (28 July 1714) Burial: Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire, England, Europe Profession: Diplomat Landowner Politician Education: Kingston-on-Thames Grammar School under William Berton and Dr Thomas Triplett; Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1657) Career: Envoy to Sweden (1666-1669); Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York (1666 - 1673); Commissioner for Assessment for Gloucestershire and Shropshire (1673-1680), for Oxford University (1677-1679), and for Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire (1677-1780); MP for Oxford University (1674-1678), Tamworth (1678-1681); Commissioner for Recusants (1675); Deputy-Lieutenant of Staffordshire (1678-1687), Somerset and Wiltshire (1682-1683); Steward of the honour of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire (1679); inherited the estates at Longleat, Wiltshire, from his cousin, Thomas Thynne (1682); Custos Rotulorum of Wiltshire (1683-1696, 1700-1706, 1711-death); Member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (1701); Privy Councillor (1702-1707, 1712); Joint Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations (1702-1707); Warden of the Forest of Dean (1712-death) Honours: Baron and Viscount Weymouth 1682 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 23/11/1664 Proposers: Sir Paul Neile.