In 1707, Thomas Thynne founded a grammar school for boys in the market town of Warminster, near to his family seat of, to teach the boys of Warminster, Longbridge Deverill, and Monkton Deverill.
Bil je prvi iz dinastije Thynne - družinsko ime je bilo Thynn ali Thynne v 16. stoletju, kasneje dosledno Thynne, sedanja glava družine je vrnil črkovanje Thynn leta 1980.