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 BATH 25 Master of the Horse to the Queen, 1763-65; F.R.S. 23 Nov. 1764; Lord Lieut, of Ireland, Apr. to July 1765, but did not set foot in that Kingdom.(") P.C. 29 May 1765; Secretary of State for the North Jan. to Oct. 1768, and for the South 1768-70, and again 1775 to 1779; Elder Brother of theTrin. House 1770-96, and Master thereof 1770-73; Groom of the Stole, Mar. to Nov. 1775, and again 1782 till his death; el. and inv. K.G. 3 June 1778, but never installed; F.S.A. 29 Apr. 1784. On 18 Aug. 1789, he was cr. MARQUESS OF BATH. He m., 22 May 1759, at St. Margaret's, Westm., Elizabeth Cavendish, ist da. of William (Bentinck.), 2nd Duke of Portland, by Margaret Cavendish, da. and h. of Edward (Harley), 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer. He d. 19 Nov. 1796, aged 62, in Arlington Str.C") Will pr. Dec. 1796. His widow, who was b.l-j June 1735, ^'^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, 1761-93, (■=) and Mistress of the Robes('^) 1793-1818, d. 12 Dec. 1825, in Lower Grosvenor Str., aged 90. Will pr. Dec. 1825. II. 1796. 2. Thomas (Thynne), Marquess of Bath, i^c, s. and h., ^.25 Jan. 1765. Ed. at Winchester 1773, and at St. John's Coll. Cambridge; M.A., 1787; M.P. (Tory)^) for Weobley, 1786-90; for Bath, 1790-96; Lord Lieut, of co. Somerset 1819-37; el. and inv. K.G. 16, inst. 29 July 1823. He /«., 24 Apr. 1794, in Brook Str., St. Geo., Han. Sq., Isabella Elizabeth, 3rd da. and coh. of George (Byng), Viscount Torrington, by Lucy, da. of John (Boyle), Earl of Cork and Orrery [I.]. She was b. 21 Sep. 1773, and d. i May 1830, in Grosvenor Sq. He d. 27 Mar. 1837, ^" Lower Grosvenor Str., aged 72, and was bur. at Longleat. Will pr. July 1837. (*) Although he never took up his appointment, he pocketed not merely the annual salary of jT 16,000, but also the allowance of ^3,000 for Lord Lieut.'s "equipage." In the following year the Earl of Bristol acted in the same way in similar circumstances. "A man of dissipated and extravagant tastes, his appointment was most unpopular in Ireland." V.G. (*") He was one of the leaders of the "Bedford Whigs" or " Bloomsbury gang" in the first 15 years of George Ill's reign, but afterwards voted uniformly with the Tories. He appears, with Harriet Lambe, in 1771, as "Lord W. and Miss H. L. — be" in the notorious tete-a-tete portraits in The Town and Country Mag., vol. iii, p. 65, for an account of which see Appendix B in the last volume of this work. His "honest well meaning good humour" is recorded in The Abbey of Kilkhampton, by Sir Herbert Croft, 1780, p. 11. "No one's enemy but his own. The love of gaming and of wine lately absorbed his attention and faculties, and having absorbed his estate into the bargain, necessity in some degree restored him to himself." [Royal Register, vol. ii, p. 62). His drinking and gambling propensities are frequently reflected in the literature of the time. See some satirical lines in vol. i. Appendix H, where his principal amusement is given as "Burgundy." V.G. <^) "The same agreeable, engaging creature she ever was." (Mrs. Delany, 2 Nov. 1760). V.G. (^) For a list of ladies holding this post temp. Victoria, see note sub viith Duke of Manchester. (*) He was anti-catholic till 1829, when he supported Wellington in removing the disabilities. V.G. 5