Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth



Emma Thynn, Viscountess Weymouth (née McQuiston; born 19 March 1986), commonly known as Emma Weymouth, is a British fashion model, socialite, and television personality. When her husband, Ceawlin Thynn, Viscount Weymouth, succeeds his father as the 8th Marquess of Bath, she will become the first black marchioness in British history.

Early life and family
Emma McQuiston was born on 19 March 1986 in London to Suzanna McQuiston, an English socialite, and Chief Oladipo Jadesimi, a Nigerian oil magnate who is the executive chairman and a founder of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics company. She was raised in South Kensington. She was head girl at Queen's Gate School and later attended University College London to study art history. After university, she studied classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Through her father, she is a half-sister of Amy Jadesimi. Through her mother she has a half-sister, Samantha McQuiston, and an older half-brother, Iain McQuiston (who is the husband of Viscount Weymouth's aunt, Lady Silvy Xerne Thynne and a son-in-law of the 6th Marquess of Bath). McQuinston served as a bridesmaid at her half-brother and Lady Silvy's wedding and has known her husband since she was four years old.

Marriage and children
McQuiston and Viscount Weymouth announced their engagement in November 2012. They were married at Longleat House, the family estate in Wiltshire, on 8 June 2013. Upon her marriage McQuiston became Viscountess Weymouth. The wedding ceremony was not attended by the groom's parents, Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, and Anna Gyarmathy. Weymouth's father boycotted the ceremony after a feud with the Viscount over changes made at Longleat. His mother was banned from the ceremony by the Viscount after repeatedly making racist remarks regarding McQuiston.

Viscountess Weymouth is the first black viscountess in the United Kingdom. When her husband succeeds his father as the Marquess of Bath, Viscountess Weymouth will become the first black marchioness in British history. She stated that she has experienced racism and prejudice from other members of the British nobility.

Viscountess Weymouth gave birth to her first child, The Honourable John Alexander Ladi Thynn, on 26 October 2014. By surrogacy at a private clinic in West Hollywood, the couple had another child, The Honourable Henry Richard Isaac Thynn, on 30 December 2016. The use of a surrogate was due to health problems from which the Viscountess Weymouth was suffering. The children's paternal grandmother, The Marchioness of Bath, is banned from visiting the children due to her racist remarks.

Career
Viscountess Weymouth works as a brand ambassador for Fiorucci. She has modelled for Dolce & Gabbana, walking in runway shows at Harrods. She is a financial supporter of the Women's Institute. She has a lifestyle website, although updates ceased after February 2018. In June 2017 she hosted the first annual Longleat Food and Drink Festival. She is a contributing editor at Huffington Post.

In February 2018, Viscountess Weymouth walked in Dolce & Gabbana's Secrets & Diamonds fashion show in Milan.

Television
Viscountess Weymouth was featured alongside her husband in All Change at Longleat, a three-part documentary filmed in 2014 and broadcast on BBC One in September 2015. From September 2019 she was a contestant in the seventeenth series of the prime-time BBC television programme Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Aljaž Skorjanec.

Titles and styles

 * 19 March 1986 – 8 June 2013: Miss Emma McQuiston
 * 8 June 2013 – present: Viscountess Weymouth