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'''Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DSO}} (17 February 1873 – 14 September 1918) was a British [[British Army|Army]] officer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.
'''Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DSO}} (17 February 1873 – 14 September 1918) was a British [[British Army|Army]] officer and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.


Thynne was the third and youngest son of [[John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath]], and his wife Frances Isabella Catherine (née Vesey). He was commissioned a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry]] in April 1897.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26841 |page=5 |date=13 April 1897}}</ref> Following the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in late 1899, Thynne volunteered for active service and was commissioned a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Imperial Yeomanry]] on 7 February 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27162 |page=809 |date=6 February 1900}}</ref> leaving [[Liverpool]] on the [[SS Cymric|SS ''Cymric'']] in March 1900 to serve in [[South Africa]] with the 1st (Wiltshire) company of the 1st Battalion.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War - Embarcation of Troops|date=1 March 1900 |page=7 |issue=36078}}</ref> He resigned his active commission with the Imperial Yeomanry on 28 July 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27479|page=6275|date=3 October 1902}}</ref> During the war, he had been promoted a lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry on 13 June 1900, while still in South Africa. He was later a temporary [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] in the Service Battalion of the [[Wiltshire Regiment]] and served in the [[British Somaliland|Somaliland]] campaign of 1903 to 1904.
Thynne, born in [[London]],<ref>https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4443856</ref> was the third and youngest son of [[John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath]], and his wife Frances Isabella Catherine (née Vesey). He was commissioned a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry]] in April 1897.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26841 |page=5 |date=13 April 1897}}</ref> Following the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in late 1899, Thynne volunteered for active service and was commissioned a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[Imperial Yeomanry]] on 7 February 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27162 |page=809 |date=6 February 1900}}</ref> leaving [[Liverpool]] on the [[SS Cymric|SS ''Cymric'']] in March 1900 to serve in [[South Africa]] with the 1st (Wiltshire) company of the 1st Battalion.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War - Embarcation of Troops|date=1 March 1900 |page=7 |issue=36078}}</ref> He resigned his active commission with the Imperial Yeomanry on 28 July 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27479|page=6275|date=3 October 1902}}</ref> During the war, he had been promoted a lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry on 13 June 1900, while still in South Africa. He was later a temporary [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] in the Service Battalion of the [[Wiltshire Regiment]] and served in the [[British Somaliland|Somaliland]] campaign of 1903 to 1904.


In the [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|January 1910 general election]] he was elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] as one of two representatives for [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]].
In the [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|January 1910 general election]] he was elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] as one of two representatives for [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]].


During the [[First World War]] Thynne was twice wounded in the [[Battle of the Somme]] in 1916 and awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29886 |supp=3 |page=27 |date=29 December 1916}}</ref> and the [[Croix de Guerre]]. He was killed in action in France on 14 September 1918, aged 45, whilst commanding 6th ([[Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry]]) Bn. [[Wiltshire Regiment]] and was buried at [[Béthune]] Town Cemetery.<ref>{{CWGC|id=61592|name=Thynne, Lord Alexander George|access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> He never married. He is commemorated on Panel 8 of the [[Parliamentary War Memorial]] in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs that died during World War I to be named on that memorial.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recording Angel memorial Panel 8|publisher=UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk)|website=Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/cultural-collections/memorials/in-the-collection/world-war-i/wwi-angel-memorial/recording-angel-panel8/|access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of names on the Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall|publisher=UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk)|website=Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/War-Memorial-Lists/War-Memorial-Westminster-Hall-WW1.pdf|access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref> Thynne is one of 19 MPs who fell in the war who are commemorated by heraldic shields in the Commons Chamber.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thynne|publisher=UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk)|website=Heraldic shields to MPs, First World War|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/cultural-collections/memorials/in-the-collection/world-war-i/wars-heraldic-shields/thynne/|access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref> A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminated]] book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of Thynne.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=House of Commons War Memorial: Final Volumes Unveiled by The Speaker|date=6 February 1932 |page=7|issue=46050}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Moss-Blundell|editor-first=Edward Whitaker|title=The House of Commons Book of Remembrance 1914–1918|publisher=E. Mathews & Marrot|year=1931}}</ref> Thynne is reported to have been a lover of sculptor [[Clare Sheridan]], a cousin of [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Redwood|first=Fred|date=2016-09-25|title=The life of sex, scandal and tragedy lived by Winston Churchill's cousin, Clare Sheridan|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buy/the-life-of-sex-scandal-and-tragedy-lived-by-winston-churchills/|access-date=2020-05-24|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Thynne is also commemorated on the Norton War Memorial<ref>Norton Village, Norton War Memorial http://www.nortonvillage.org/norton_war_memorial.asp</ref> and the Great War roll of honour at All Saints Church, [[Norton, Northamptonshire]].<ref>Daventry village First World War memorial restored ahead of Remembrance Day unveiling, ''Daventry Express'', 6 November 2018, https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/daventry-village-first-world-war-memorial-restored-ahead-of-remembrance-day-unveiling-1-8695670</ref>
During the [[World War I|First World War]] Thynne was twice wounded in the [[Battle of the Somme]] in 1916 and awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29886 |supp=3 |page=27 |date=29 December 1916}}</ref> and the [[Croix de Guerre]]. He was killed in action in France on 14 September 1918, aged 45, whilst commanding 6th ([[Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry]]) Bn. [[Wiltshire Regiment]] and was buried at [[Béthune]] Town Cemetery.<ref>{{CWGC|id=61592|name=Thynne, Lord Alexander George|access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> He never married. He is commemorated on Panel 8 of the [[Parliamentary War Memorial]] in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs that died during World War I to be named on that memorial.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recording Angel memorial Panel 8|publisher=UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk)|website=Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/cultural-collections/memorials/in-the-collection/world-war-i/wwi-angel-memorial/recording-angel-panel8/|access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of names on the Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall|publisher=UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk)|website=Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/War-Memorial-Lists/War-Memorial-Westminster-Hall-WW1.pdf|access-date=31 August 2016}}</ref> Thynne is one of 19 MPs who fell in the war who are commemorated by heraldic shields in the Commons Chamber.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thynne|publisher=UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk)|website=Heraldic shields to MPs, First World War|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/cultural-collections/memorials/in-the-collection/world-war-i/wars-heraldic-shields/thynne/|access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref> A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminated]] book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of Thynne.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=House of Commons War Memorial: Final Volumes Unveiled by The Speaker|date=6 February 1932 |page=7|issue=46050}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Moss-Blundell|editor-first=Edward Whitaker|title=The House of Commons Book of Remembrance 1914–1918|publisher=E. Mathews & Marrot|year=1931}}</ref> Thynne is reported to have been a lover of sculptor [[Clare Sheridan]], a cousin of [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Redwood|first=Fred|date=2016-09-25|title=The life of sex, scandal and tragedy lived by Winston Churchill's cousin, Clare Sheridan|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buy/the-life-of-sex-scandal-and-tragedy-lived-by-winston-churchills/|access-date=2020-05-24|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Thynne is also commemorated on the Norton War Memorial<ref>Norton Village, Norton War Memorial http://www.nortonvillage.org/norton_war_memorial.asp</ref> and the Great War roll of honour at All Saints Church, [[Norton, Northamptonshire]].<ref>Daventry village First World War memorial restored ahead of Remembrance Day unveiling, ''Daventry Express'', 6 November 2018, https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/daventry-village-first-world-war-memorial-restored-ahead-of-remembrance-day-unveiling-1-8695670</ref>


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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[[Category:1918 deaths]]
[[Category:1918 deaths]]
[[Category:Military personnel from London]]
[[Category:Volunteer Force officers]]
[[Category:Thynne family|Alexander]]
[[Category:Thynne family|Alexander]]
[[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]]
[[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]]

Revision as of 18:16, 18 May 2024

Alexander Thynne from the Roll of Honour published in The Illustrated London News on 28 September 1918.

Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne DSO (17 February 1873 – 14 September 1918) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician.

Thynne, born in London,[1] was the third and youngest son of John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath, and his wife Frances Isabella Catherine (née Vesey). He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry in April 1897.[2] Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Thynne volunteered for active service and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry on 7 February 1900,[3] leaving Liverpool on the SS Cymric in March 1900 to serve in South Africa with the 1st (Wiltshire) company of the 1st Battalion.[4] He resigned his active commission with the Imperial Yeomanry on 28 July 1902.[5] During the war, he had been promoted a lieutenant in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry on 13 June 1900, while still in South Africa. He was later a temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Service Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment and served in the Somaliland campaign of 1903 to 1904.

In the January 1910 general election he was elected to the House of Commons as one of two representatives for Bath.

During the First World War Thynne was twice wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and awarded the Distinguished Service Order[6] and the Croix de Guerre. He was killed in action in France on 14 September 1918, aged 45, whilst commanding 6th (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Bn. Wiltshire Regiment and was buried at Béthune Town Cemetery.[7] He never married. He is commemorated on Panel 8 of the Parliamentary War Memorial in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs that died during World War I to be named on that memorial.[8][9] Thynne is one of 19 MPs who fell in the war who are commemorated by heraldic shields in the Commons Chamber.[10] A further act of commemoration came with the unveiling in 1932 of a manuscript-style illuminated book of remembrance for the House of Commons, which includes a short biographical account of the life and death of Thynne.[11][12] Thynne is reported to have been a lover of sculptor Clare Sheridan, a cousin of Winston Churchill.[13] Thynne is also commemorated on the Norton War Memorial[14] and the Great War roll of honour at All Saints Church, Norton, Northamptonshire.[15]

Notes

  1. ^ https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4443856
  2. ^ "No. 26841". The London Gazette. 13 April 1897. p. 5.
  3. ^ "No. 27162". The London Gazette. 6 February 1900. p. 809.
  4. ^ "The War - Embarcation of Troops". The Times. No. 36078. London. 1 March 1900. p. 7.
  5. ^ "No. 27479". The London Gazette. 3 October 1902. p. 6275.
  6. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 27.
  7. ^ "Casualty Details: Thynne, Lord Alexander George". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Recording Angel memorial Panel 8". Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall. UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk). Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ^ "List of names on the Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall" (PDF). Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall. UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk). Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Thynne". Heraldic shields to MPs, First World War. UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk). Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  11. ^ "House of Commons War Memorial: Final Volumes Unveiled by The Speaker". The Times. No. 46050. London. 6 February 1932. p. 7.
  12. ^ Moss-Blundell, Edward Whitaker, ed. (1931). The House of Commons Book of Remembrance 1914–1918. E. Mathews & Marrot.
  13. ^ Redwood, Fred (25 September 2016). "The life of sex, scandal and tragedy lived by Winston Churchill's cousin, Clare Sheridan". The Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  14. ^ Norton Village, Norton War Memorial http://www.nortonvillage.org/norton_war_memorial.asp
  15. ^ Daventry village First World War memorial restored ahead of Remembrance Day unveiling, Daventry Express, 6 November 2018, https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/daventry-village-first-world-war-memorial-restored-ahead-of-remembrance-day-unveiling-1-8695670

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