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• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/RO/1/146
• Accession Number: 4034
• Ref No: HL/PO/RO/1/146
• Date: 13 April 1786
• Level: File
• Extent: 2 pages
• Creator Name: Thomas; Henry (fl 1786)
• Administrative or Biographical History: Andrew Bayntun Rolt (1740-1816) held the Weobley seat from 1780 and resigned in 1786 to make way for Thomas Thynne (1765-1837) the eldest son of Lord Weymouth, who had come of age. Lord Weymouth secured a commanding interest in this borough in the early 1750s and thereafter it was a pocket borough for the Thynne family. Thomas Thynne was MP for Weobley (1786-1790) and for Bath (1790-1796); he was created Marquess of Bath in 1796.
• Acquisition: Manuscript purchased from J.L.M. Gulley, Manuscript Dealer, in June 2002. Accession number 4034.
• Description: Letter concerning the vacant seat of Weobley, Herefordshire, and the representation for this borough of the Hon. Thomas Thynne, eldest son of Lord Weymouth.
• Terms:
  • Politicians,
  • Elections,
• Language: English
• Related Material: Correspondence from Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath, is held at the British Library, Manuscripts Collections in Add MSS 38254-95, 38458 passim and also in NRA 21672 Jenkinson.
• Access Status: Open
• Physical Description: Manuscript

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