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Sir John Thorold, 4th Baronet
Sir John Thorold, 4th Baronet (1664 – 14 January 1717) of Marston Hall and Cranwell, Lincolnshire was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament representing either Grantham or Lincolnshire in a number of parliaments between 1697 and 1715. Thorold was born in 1664 to Anthony Thorold and his wife Grisel, daughter of Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet. Grandson of Sir William Thorold, 1st Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy after the death of his two brothers William and Anthony, the second and third baronets respectively, both in 1685. He attended St John's College, Cambridge and then Lincoln's Inn. He was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in the 1697 by-election, sitting until 1701. He then represented Lincolnshire until 1708, before representing Grantham between 1711 and 1715. He married Margaret (née Waterer), widow of Francis Coventry, in 1701 at Westminster Abbey. He died without children on 14 January 1717 and was buried at Syston, Lincolnshire. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marston, Lincolnshire
Marston is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Kesteven Non-metropolitan district, district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 360. It lies north from Grantham, south-east from Newark-on-Trent, Newark, and north from the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 near Long Bennington Marston Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary, and is of 12th-century origin, with an 1881-82 chancel by C. Kirk. ''Nikolaus Pevsner, Pevsner'' gives the date of the chancel as 1878,Pevsner, Nikolaus; John Harris (curator), Harris, John; ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'' pp. 603, 604; Penguin, (1964); revised by Nicholas Antram (1989), Yale University Press. restored and partly rebuilt in Early English Period, Early English style. St Mary's holds monuments to members of the Thorold Baronets, Thorold family.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |