Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet
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Sir John Henry Thorold, 12th Baronet (9 March 1842 – October 1922) was a British Conservative Party
politician.
The son of Sir John Charles Thorold, 11th Baronet, he was elected at the 1865 general election
as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for the borough of Grantham
in Lincolnshire
, but did not stand again in 1868
.
He married Hon. Alexandrina Willoughby, daughter of Baron Middleton
, on 3 Feb 1869, and they had five children:
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician.
The son of Sir John Charles Thorold, 11th Baronet, he was elected at the 1865 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1865
The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...
as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for the borough of Grantham
Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)
Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain...
in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, but did not stand again in 1868
United Kingdom general election, 1868
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...
.
He married Hon. Alexandrina Willoughby, daughter of Baron Middleton
Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton
Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton was an English peer.He was born at Apsley Hall, Nottingham, the eldest son of Henry Willoughby and Charlotte Eyre and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge...
, on 3 Feb 1869, and they had five children:
- Dorothy Marion Thorold d. 7 Apr 1958
- Aline Thorold d. 27 Oct 1951
- Sir John George Thorold, 13th Bt. b. 2 Oct 1870, d. 25 Dec 1951
- Captain Henry Cecil Thorold b. 17 Nov 1871, d. 18 Feb 1902
- Sir James Ernest Thorold, 14th Bt.+ b. 27 Jan 1877