Sir George Thorold, 1st Baronet (c. 1666 – 29 October 1722) of

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, was an English merchant active in

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. He served as

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, Sheriff of London, and a Director of the Bank of England.

Biography

Thorold was the fourth son of Charles Thorold, who had an ironmonger's business in London as well as an estate in Harmston, by his second wife, Anne Clarke, the daughter of George Clarke. He was born about 1666, and followed his father into the ironmongery business. He was elected an Alderman of the City of London for

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on 3 May 1709, in succession to his elder brother, Charles Thorold, who was

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1705–06.

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(1906)
Complete Baronetage
'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 9 Thorold was created a

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in the

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on 9 September 1709, with a

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, if he had no sons, to his younger brother Samuel. Sir George was Sheriff of London, 1710–11, and

, 1719–20.

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described his procession as Lord Mayor: Thorold served as a Director of the Bank of England in 1711-16 and 1717-21. Thorold married in 1713, Elizabeth Rushout, daughter of Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet. He died without surviving issue in

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, London, on 29 October 1722 aged 56 and was buried at Harmston on 11 November. His younger brother Samuel inherited the baronetcy, while his widow, Elizabeth, married secondly

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(as his second wife). Sir Samuel Thorold, 2nd and last Baronet, was

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, 1724–25. He died unmarried on 1 January 1738, and was buried at Harmston 18 days later. He left the estate at Harmston to his distant cousin Nathaniel Thorold, who was given a new baronetcy by King George II on 24 March 1741.

References

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