It is part owned by the National Trust, commercial landowners including the Marquess of Bath's Longleat Estate; and part managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust.
Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905–1992), British politician, great-grandson of the third Marquess
It was sold in the early 19th century by the Marquess of Bath and bought by William Duckworth, who rebuilt the village.
The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles Baron Thynne, of Warminster in the County of Wilts, and Viscount Weymouth, in the County of Dorset, created in 1682 in the Peerage of England.
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Firstly to Miss Charlotte Elkins, a daughter of the Groom of the Stole to George IV (Charles Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester or Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath), and secondly to Miss Georgiana Grove, of Clapham.