Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath

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Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath KG , CB, PC (July 15, 1862–June 9, 1946) was the son of John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath.

Lord Bath was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1886 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and in 1888 with a Master of Arts (MA) degree.

He was Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Frome between 1886 and 1892 and from 1895 to 1896. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Wiltshire Yeomanry and was later Honorary Colonel of that regiment and of the 4th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry.

Lord Bath was Under-Secretary of State for India in 1905. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Somerset from 1904 until his death and simultaneously as Chairman of Wiltshire County Council for some thirty years.

In 1922, he was invested as a Privy Counsellor (PC), was Master of the Horse between 1922 and 1923 and became Pro-Chancellor of Bristol University in 1937.

He married Violet Mordaunt, daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet, on 19 April 1890. They had five children:

• Lady Alice Kathleen Violet Thynne (1891–1977), married Lt-Col Oliver Stanley, son of Edward Stanley, 4th Baron Sheffield and had issue.
• Lady Emma Margery Thynne (1893–?), married William Compton, 6th Marquess of Northampton and had issue.
• 2nd Lt. John Alexander Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1895–1916), killed in the First World War, unmarried.
• Lady Mary Beatrice Thynne (1903–1974), married firstly, Charles Wilson, 3rd Baron Nunburnholme and had issue. She married secondly, Ulrick Alexander.
• Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905–1992)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lawrence James Baker	Member of Parliament for Frome 1886–1892	Succeeded by John Emmott Barlow
Preceded by John Emmott Barlow	Member of Parliament for Frome 1895–1896	Succeeded by John Emmott Barlow
Political offices
Preceded by Earl Percy	Under-Secretary of State for India 1904–1905	Succeeded by John Edward Ellis
Preceded by The Earl of Chesterfield	Master of the Horse 1922–1923	Succeeded by The Earl of Granard
Honorary Titles
Preceded by Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1904–1946	Succeeded by James Somerville
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by John Thynne	Marquess of Bath 1896–1946	Succeeded by Henry Thynne