Sir John Thorold, 4th Baronet (1664 – 14 January 1717) of Marston Hall and

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, Lincolnshire was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament representing either

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in a number of parliaments between 1697 and 1715. Thorold was born in 1664 to Anthony Thorold and his wife Grisel, daughter of

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. Grandson of Sir William Thorold, 1st Baronet, he succeeded to the

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after the death of his two brothers William and Anthony, the second and third baronets respectively, both in 1685. He attended

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and then

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. He was elected Member of Parliament for

in the 1697 by-election, sitting until 1701. He then represented

until 1708, before representing Grantham between 1711 and 1715. He married Margaret (née Waterer), widow of Francis Coventry, in 1701 at

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. He died without children on 14 January 1717 and was buried at

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. He was succeeded by his cousin William as fifth baronet, son of the first baronet's third son

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