Ceawlin Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Bath
Birth Name:Ceawlin Henry Laszlo Thynn
Birth Date:1974 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Hammersmith, London, England
Alma Mater:University College London
Occupation:Businessman

Ceawlin Henry Laszlo Thynn, 8th Marquess of Bath (; ;[1] born 6 June 1974), styled Viscount Weymouth between 1992 and 2020, is a British peer, landowner, and businessman, active in companies in the leisure, tourism, real estate, and financial services sectors.[2]

Early life

Born in Hammersmith,[3] the first son and second child of Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, and his wife Anna Gyarmathy,[4] Ceawlin Thynn was educated at Horningsham Primary School, a village school near the family estate of Longleat, in Wiltshire, then at Kingdown School in Warminster and Bedales School in Hampshire; he finally read economics and philosophy at University College London.[5]

He is named after Ceawlin of Wessex, having been born shortly after his father had stood as the Wessex Regionalists' parliamentary candidate in Westbury at the February 1974 United Kingdom general election.[6]

In 1996, Thynn was injured in a building collapse in New Delhi, India, which killed his girlfriend, Jane Kirby, and his business partner, Crinan Wilde.[7] [8]

Business career

Thynn began his business career as an emerging markets specialist at the London investment bank Caspian Securities, before becoming a partner in Sabre Projects, a real estate development firm.[4] At Sabre he put together a project with Group Menatep, the holding company of Russia's then-largest oil company, Yukos, to develop a mid-market hotel in every major city in Russia.[9] [10]

In 2008, Thynn formed the Lion Trust, a private equity vehicle of which he is the principal.[11] The Lion Trust invests in a range of mature and emerging markets.[2] [12]

Since June 2010, Thynn has been a director at Finmetron AB, a Swedish listed firm offering factoring services in Russia.[2] [13] [14]

From 2010 until 2013, Thynn was executive chairman of Wombat's Holdings GmbH – a chain of hostels in Germany and Austria – having acquired a majority stake in the company.[15] [2] [16] In 2013, the company was bought back by its former owners.[17]

Longleat

In January 2009, Thynn became chairman of Longleat Enterprises, a limited company that manages business interests at Longleat House and Safari Park on the family estate of Longleat, Wiltshire, as well as the commercial activities at Cheddar Gorge, in the Mendip Hills in Somerset.[2] [18] [19] In early 2010, Thynn's father passed the management of the family business over to him.[20] Following this retirement, Thynn hired a new estate chief executive, David Bradley, formerly of Legoland.[21] [22] Together, they worked with designers from Hollywood to make improvements to the house and park; additions to the park included "Jungle Kingdom", "Monkey Temple", and "Hunters of the Sky".[21] [2] In September 2013, Bradley resigned,[23] and in February 2014 the American Bob Montgomery was hired for the same role.[24]

In April 2020, Thynn's father died, and he succeeded him as Marquess of Bath.[25]

Thynn is a trustee of the Longleat Charitable Trust, a charity established in 1996 that focuses on relieving poverty around the Longleat estate and Cheddar Gorge.

Politics

Thynn made donations of £30,000 and £15,000 to the Liberal Democrats during the 2019 general election.[26] [27]

Personal life

In November 2012, aged 38, Thynn announced his engagement to Emma McQuiston, the daughter of Suzanna McQuiston and Nigerian oil billionaire Oladipo Jadesimi, a founder and the executive chairman of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics.[28] [29] She is a younger half-sister of Iain McQuiston, the husband of Thynn's half-aunt, Lady Silvy Cerne Thynne, a daughter of his paternal grandfather, the 6th Marquess of Bath, by his second wife.[1] Thynn’s mother was reported as strongly disapproving of her son's planned marriage, due to her prospective daughter-in-law's African ancestry, and she was not invited to the wedding.[30]

It was reported that Thynn intended to evict his father's 'wifelets' from their estate cottages,[31] and some murals painted by his father were removed from Longleat. A rift between them developed.

Thynn and McQuiston were married at Longleat on 8 June 2013,[32] with Lord Bath boycotting the event.[33] Despite the absence of both his parents, the marriage was attended by Thynn’s sister.[34]

On 26 October 2014, Lady Weymouth gave birth to the couple’s first child, John Alexander Ladi Thynn.[35] On 30 December 2016, their second child, Henry Richard Isaac Thynn, was born by surrogacy at a private clinic in West Hollywood, United States.[36] [37]

Notes and References

  1. Kamp . David . Meet the Viscountess Transforming the Idea of British Aristocracy . 19 March 2019 . Vanity Fair . 25 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Ceawlin Thynn. linkedIn. 26 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Index entry. 3 June 2020. FreeBMD. ONS.
  4. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-11369783-the-viscount-who-cleaned-the-loos.do London Evening Standard
  5. Web site: The viscount who cleaned the loos. 16 June 2004. thisislondon.co.uk. 26 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Wessex Regionalists want "devo-opt" for Berkshire and points west. Linda. Fort. 2 April 2015.
  7. Web site: 1996-04-21 . Terrorists kill two Britons in hotel bombing . 2023-04-09 . The Independent . en.
  8. Web site: 22 April 1996 . Police baffled as Delhi search reveals no trace of bomb . independent.co.uk . 26 September 2016.
  9. Web site: Moscow Times. moscowtimes.ru. 26 September 2016. dead. https://archive.today/20120711180219/http://evetns.moscowtimes.ru/business/article/menatep-to-set-up-300m-hotel-chain/240153.html. 11 July 2012.
  10. Web site: Group MENATEP Launches Hotel Program in Russia with Sabre Projects, Marriott. Hotel News. Resource. hotelnewsresource.com. 26 September 2016.
  11. Web site: Heir gets lions, the gorge, but not the wardrobe. 11 March 2010. thisissomerset.co.uk. 26 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20131026025900/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Heir-gets-Longleat-Cheddar-Gorge/story-12285059-detail/story.html. 26 October 2013. dead.
  12. Web site: Home – Eredene Capital PLC. eredene.com. 26 September 2016.
  13. Web site: Finmetron website. finmetron.com. 26 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160619184851/http://finmetron.com/. 19 June 2016. dead.
  14. Web site: Storytel AB (publ), STORY B:AKT summary – FT.com. ft.com. 26 September 2016.
  15. News: Longleat heir moves into hostels – The Sunday Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20140819103129/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/business/Retail_and_leisure/article671276.ece. dead. 19 August 2014. thesundaytimes.co.uk. 26 September 2016. 17 July 2011. Goodman. Matthew.
  16. Web site: Wombats Hostels! . wombats-hostels.com . 26 September 2016.
  17. Web site: Legal – Wombats Hostels!. wombats-hostels.com. 26 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20151002035608/http://www.wombats-hostels.com/about-us/legal/. 2 October 2015. dead.
  18. Web site: Login. timesonline.co.uk. 26 September 2016.
  19. http://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/ Cheddar Gorge
  20. Simon de Bruxelles "Lord Bath announces retirement from Longleat safari park business", The Times, 13 March 2010.
  21. News: Ceawlin Thynn interview: It was a different normality, says the young lion of Longleat. https://web.archive.org/web/20110426030957/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8469300/Ceawlin-Thynn-interview-It-was-a-different-normality-says-the-young-lion-of-Longleat.html. dead. 26 April 2011. Gerard. Jasper. 22 April 2011. The Telegraph. 6 August 2019.
  22. Web site: US. independent.co.uk. 26 September 2016.
  23. Web site: Longleat chief executive resigns. 15 October 2013. westerndailypress.co.uk. 26 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20151007061409/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Longleat-chief-executive-resigns/story-19935651-detail/story.html. 7 October 2015. dead.
  24. Web site: Longleat lions welfare criticisms bring new chief executive to safari park. 6 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151007070519/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Longleat-moves-end-bad-press-animal-welfare/story-20688486-detail/story.html. 7 October 2015. dead.
  25. News: The 7th Marquess of Bath, Britain's most flamboyant and eccentric aristocrat – obituary. The Sunday Telegraph . 5 April 2020.
  26. Web site: View donation . The Electoral Commission . 29 May 2020.
  27. Web site: View donation . The Electoral Commission . 29 May 2020.
  28. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=44461994&ticker=FCMB:NL&previousCapId=22125422&previousTitle=FIRST%20CITY%20MONUMENT%20BANK%20PLC Ladi Jadesimi
  29. Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base: Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base Management, accessdate: 8 January 2017
  30. Web site: Dangremond . Sam . British Noble Won't Speak to Her Son Because He Married Nigerian Woman . . 8 September 2015 . 2 March 2019.
  31. Wyn Ellis, p. 189
  32. Meet the Viscountess Transforming the Idea of British Aristocracy. Kamp. David. 25 April 2018. Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. 31 December 2018.
  33. News: Viscountess puts wedding on display after father-in-law Lord Bath snubbed big day . Carter, Claire. 22 May 2014. 5 April 2020. The Daily Telegraph.
  34. https://www.naij.com/543918-british-lord-weds-nigerian-tycoons-daughter-bans-mother-attending-photos.html Racism Toward First Black Marchioness Stirs Rift At Longleat
  35. Web site: Google Groups. google.com. 26 September 2016.
  36. Web site: THYNN - Births Announcements - Telegraph Announcements. announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
  37. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/07/longleat-heir-has-son-born-surrogacy-first-british-aristocracy/ Longleat heir has son born by surrogacy after medics warned pregnancy could kill Lady Weymouth

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