Sir John Henry Thorold, 12th Baronet (9 March 1842 – 4 October 1922) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

He was the eldest son of

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, and Elizabeth Frances Thoroton-Hildyard. Among his siblings were Montague George Thorold (who married the widow of the 6th Baron Rivers), Capt. Cecil Thorold of Boothby Hall, and Lt.-Col. Charles Cecil Hayford Thorold, who was killed in action during the

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. His paternal grandparents were Sir John Thorold, 10th Baronet, and the former Mary Kent (a daughter of

Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet (1743? – 14 March 1811) was a British landowner and MP. He was born Charles Egleton, the only son of Sir Charles Egleton, a London merchant (Sheriff of London for 1743) and his wife Sarah, the daughter of Samuel Ke ...

). His maternal grandparents were Col. Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard and the former Anne Catherine Whyte (niece and heiress of Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard, 4th Baronet). His maternal uncle was

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, MP for

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. Upon the death of his father in 1866, he succeeded to the baronetcy and the family estates, including Syston Park.

Career

He was elected at the 1865 general election as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Grantham in

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, but did not stand again in

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. He was appointed

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for 1876 to 1877, and was a Deputy Lieutenant of the county.

Personal life

On 3 February 1869, Sir John married Hon. Alexandrina Henrietta Matilda Willoughby (1845–1931), daughter of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton and the former Julia Louisa Bosville (a daughter of Alexander William Robert Bosville, granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate and descendant of

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). Together, they had five children: * Aline Thorold (1869–1951), who married Ernest James Wythes of Wood House, son of George Edward Wythes, in 1894. * Sir John George Thorold, 13th Baronet (1870–1951), who died unmarried. * Capt. Henry Cecil Thorold (1871–1902), who was killed in action during the

. * Sir James Ernest Thorold, 14th Baronet (1877–1965), who married Katharine Tindal-Atkinson, a daughter of Rev. W. R. Tindal-Atkinson, in 1902.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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, 2003, volume 3, page 3899. * Dorothy Marion Thorold (1878–1958), who married Hubert Edward Peter Dyke Acland, son of Commander Benjamin Dyke Acland, in 1912. Sir John died on 4 October 1922 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son,

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Descendants

Through his youngest son James, he was a grandfather of the Sir Anthony Henry Thorold, 15th Baronet, the

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officer who served as Captain of , was Commodore in Charge,

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, and served as

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* 1842 births 1922 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 Deputy lieutenants of Lincolnshire High sheriffs of Lincolnshire Members of Kesteven County Council 112

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