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George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret

British Tory politician

Summary

British Tory politician

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Right Honourable
name	The Lord Carteret
honorific-suffix	PC
order1	Comptroller of the Household
term_start1	1804
term_end1	1812
monarch1	George III
primeminister1
predecessor1	Lord Charles Somerset
successor1	Lord George Beresford
birth_date
death_date
death_place	Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian
nationality	British
party	Tory
alma_mater	St John's College, Cambridge
spouse
parents	{{Plainlist

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | honorific-suffix = PC

Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish-Bentinck George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret PC (23 January 1770 – 19 February 1838), styled Lord George Thynne between 1789 and 1826, was a British Tory politician.

Background and education

Carteret was the second son of Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath by his wife Lady Elizabeth Bentinck, a daughter of William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland. In 1784 his uncle Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (born Henry Thynne) was created Baron Carteret (the second creation of that title, previously held by his own childless maternal uncle Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville (1721–1776)) with special remainder to the younger sons of his elder brother, the 1st Marquess of Bath. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.

Political career

Carteret was elected Member of Parliament for Weobly in 1790, a seat he held until 1812, and served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1801 to 1804. In 1804 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Comptroller of the Household, a post he held until 1812. In 1826 he succeeded his uncle as second Baron Carteret according to the special remainder and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Marriage

In 1797 Lord Carteret married the Hon. Harriet Courtenay (1772–1836), daughter of William Courtenay, 2nd Viscount Courtenay. They had no children. She died in April 1836, aged 64.

Death and succession

Lord Carteret survived his wife by two years and died at Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian, in February 1838, aged 68. He was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret.

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