Sir Halswell Tynte, 1st Baronet

[1] Tynte was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset in about 1672 and JP and commissioner for assessment in 1673.

He was appointed to committees to consider bills to speed up the conviction of recusants and for security against Popery, and to investigate abuses in the Post Office.

He was re-elected MP for Bridgwater in 1681 but also in 1681 ceased to be Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset.

In Parliament, he was named only to the committees to prevent the export of wool and to encourage woollen manufacture.

He was not reappointed to the lieutenancy in 1691, and two years later lost his seat on the bench as a non-juror.