Thynn, 51, who runs the 9,000-acre Longleat estate on the Wiltshire-Somerset border, described their joy after Henry was born in December 2016, two years after the birth of his heir, John, 11.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a wonder of modern science that the Longleat Bath family has been completed (for now at least) by Emma and I having a much-loved son, helped so crucially by a tremendous surrogate in California, to extend our family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Will Britain lose something when hereditary peers exit the Lords?<\/a><\/p>\n His wife, 39, a fashion model and former contestant on the BBC\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing, said: \u201cWe are simply ecstatic. His arrival has completed our little family and brought us so much happiness.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were just grateful [the surrogate mother] was so generous as to give up so much of their lives for us. It will be an important life lesson for Henry to learn when he is older and we tell him what we went through to have him.\u201d<\/p>\n Henry is named after his great-grandfather, the 6th Marquess, who opened the 16th-century Longleat House and gardens to the public after the end of the Second World War and later created the country\u2019s first safari park.<\/p>\n The 7th Marquess, who was notorious for his relationships with numerous \u201cwifelets\u201d, handed over the running of the Longleat estate to his eldest son in 2010. The pair became estranged when Thynn removed some of the erotic murals painted by his father.<\/p>\n Thynn inherited his title when his father died<\/a> aged 87 having contracted Covid in 2020. His wife, whose father was a Nigerian oil tycoon, became Britain\u2019s first black marchioness<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, and his son in 1984<\/p>\n DAVID MONTGOMERY\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n Details of concerns about Henry\u2019s own inheritance rights under the family\u2019s three trusts emerged following a hearing of the High Court sitting in Bristol.<\/p>\n Mr Justice Matthews said three trusts retained the \u201cpre-1970, common law meanings of descriptions of family relationships\u201d so there was \u201cuncertainty as to whether Henry falls at present within the class of beneficiaries\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe [marquess] and his wife consider it would be unfair and unfortunate if their second son and his issue were excluded from benefit,\u201d added the judge.<\/p>\n The three trustees are seeking the court\u2019s approval of their decision to exercise a \u201cpower of advancement\u201d to allow the 8th Marquess to \u201cmake potential provision\u201d to add Henry and his son\u2019s future children.<\/p>\n![\"Lord](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/\/56288515-0913-4c8c-948e-48f1f355acd3.jpg\")
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