The son of Thomas Thynne, first Marquess of Bath; he was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge and was a Tory MP for Weobley (1790-1812).

REFERENCES TO George Thynne, second baron Carteret:

Lady Morgan to Lady Olivia Clarke, 28 October 1819 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)