Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1735–1826), detail from his mural monument in
Kilkhampton Church, CornwallQuartered arms of Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1735–1826): 1st & 4th grand quarters: 1st & 4th Gules, four fusils conjoined in fess argent (Carteret); 2nd & 3rd: Gules, three
clarions or (Granville); 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: 1st & 4th: Barry of ten or and sable (Botteville); 2nd & 3rd: Argent, a lion rampant with tail nowed and erect gules (Thynne)Mural monument in Kilkhampton Church, Cornwall, to Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1735–1826), inscribed: "Henry Frederick Thynne. Born November 1735. Privy Counsellor, Bailiff of Jersey, Baron Carteret of Hawnes. Died June 1826". An identical monument survives in Haynes Church[1]
In 1762 his brother sought an office for him, leading to his appointment as
Clerk Comptroller of the Green Cloth (worth £1000 per year).[5] He lost this office when the Grenville government fell in 1765, and entered into opposition. After his brother returned to office as Secretary of State in 1767,[6] Thynne returned to the Royal household as
Master of the Household, a post worth over £900 which he held until 1771.[7]
He was made a member of the
Privy Council in 1770. In 1771 (after his brother had left office), he was given the office of
joint Postmaster General, which he held until 1789. This was worth £3000 per year, and he thereupon retired from the House of Commons.[6] He gave up the postmastership in 1789, when his brother was created
Marquess of Bath.[6]
Haynes Park (formerly known as "Hawnes") in 2001. South front as rebuilt in about 1785–1790 by Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret.[10]
Hawnes Park was modernised and partly rebuilt by Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret, and in 1813 consisted of two quadrangles.[11] He rebuilt the south front in about 1785–1790, probably to the designs of James Lewis.[10] In 1813
Lysons reported that it contained portraits of
Margaret, Countess of Lennox; the mother of Rembrandt; Sir George and Lady Carteret; John, Earl Granville, and at the foot of the staircase "an ancient view" of
Longleat, seat of the Thynne family.[12]
Marriage
In 1810 he married his mistress of many years, Eleanor Smart, but there were no children.
Death and succession
He died in 1826 and was succeeded as
2nd Baron by his younger nephew
Lord George Thynne (1770–1838) in accordance with a special remainder in the
patent when he was created baron.[6] His simple white marble mural monument with bust survives in Kilkhampton Church, Cornwall, inscribed:
"Henry Frederick Thynne. Born November 1735. Privy Counsellor, Bailiff of Jersey, Baron Carteret of Hawnes. Died June 1826"
^'The household below stairs: Clerks of the Green Cloth 1660-1782', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised): Court Officers, 1660-1837 (2006), pp. 403–40.
British History online, accessed 9 August 2008.
^Pugh, R. B.; Crittall, Elizabeth, eds. (1957). "Parliamentary history: 1529–1629".
A History of the County of Wiltshire. Vol. 5. London: Victoria County History – via British History Online.