Louisa Thynne, Viscountess Weymouth

Louisa Thynne, Viscountess Weymouth (c.1712 – 25 December 1736), formerly Lady Louisa Carteret (or De Carteret),[1] was the second wife of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth. She was the daughter of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, and his first wife, the former Frances Worsley.

She married the viscount on 3 July 1733, four years after the death of his first wife.[2]

They had two children:

A myth has grown up that the family home of Longleat House is haunted by Louisa's ghost, grieving over the death of her lover, who was discovered and killed by her husband. There is no historical evidence for the existence of the lover.[3]

The viscountess died at her home in Grosvenor Square, London, and was buried in the traditional Thynne family resting-place of Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire.[4] The 3rd viscount succeeded to the Carteret estates on the death of Louisa's brother, Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville, in 1776.

References

  1. ↑ "De Carteret Family - Person Sheet". database.decarteret.org.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 589.
  3. ↑ Time Inc (28 December 1953). LIFE. Time Inc. pp. 62–. ISSN 00243019 Parameter error in {{issn}}: Invalid ISSN..
  4. ↑ "Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Longbridge Deverill". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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