The Thornycroft family was a notable
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family of sculptors, artists and engineers, connected by marriage to the historic
Sassoon family
The Sassoon family, known as "Rothschilds of the East" due to the immense wealth they accumulated in finance and trade, are a family of Baghdadi Jewish descent. Originally based in Baghdad, Iraq, they later moved to Bombay, India, and then emig ...
. The earliest known mention of the family is stated in
George Ormerod
George Ormerod (20 October 1785 – 9 October 1873) was an English antiquary and historian. Among his writings was a major county history of Cheshire, in North West England.
Biography
George Ormerod was born in Manchester and educated first ...
's ''History of Cheshire'' as during the reign of
Henry III in the 13th century, taking its name from a
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county tow ...
hamlet.
was the founder of the
Thornycroft shipbuilding company.
References
External links
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Photographs of All Saints, Siddington, Cheshire, England, UK- has early history of the family tree and 18th-century family tree
Sassoon family
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