Thomas Thynne, first Viscount Weymouth

Frances's father, Henry Thynne , was three times elected to parliament and was a generous patron of the arts. He was the only surviving son of Thomas Thynne, first Viscount Weymouth , but he never...

Frances Thynne, later Hertford, began letter-writing at an early age. She was eleven when her grandfather was glad to find her in an hopeful way of being a good scribe, and twelve when her...

Besides this, Henry Thynne , son of Viscount Weymouth of Longleat House (nephew by marriage of Anne Finch , and father of the future Lady Hertford ), taught ESR French and Italian. She read very...