John Thorold (died 1700)
John Thorold may refer to: * John Thorold (died 1700), Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham 1685–1689 * Sir John Thorold, 4th Baronet (''c.''1664–1717), MP for Grantham and Lincolnshire * Sir John Thorold, 9th Baronet (1734–1815), MP for Lincolnshire * Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet (1842–1922), Conservative MP for Grantham See also * Thorold Baronets {{hndis, Thorold, John ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grantham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Grantham was a United Kingdom constituencies, Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England. The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Unreformed House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the Act of Union 1707, union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union 1800 established the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The parliamentary borough had its representation reduced to one MP in 1885, and was finally abolished in 1918, the name transferring to a new county division which elected one MP. The county constituency was abolished for the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 election, and the area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in Sleaford and North Hykeham (UK Parliament constituency), Sleaford and North Hykeham. Grantham became part of the new constituency of Grantham and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminste ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sir John Thorold, 9th Baronet
Sir John Thorold, 9th Baronet (1734–1815) was a British book collector and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1779 to 1796. Early life Thorold was the eldest son of Sir John Thorold, 8th Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Ayton, daughter of Samuel Ayton of West Herrington, County Durham. He was born on 18 December 1734 and baptized at St James Westminster on 5 January 1735. He matriculated at Hertford College, Oxford on 24 November 1752. His wife was Jane Hayford, daughter of Millington Hayford of Oxton Hall, Nottinghamshire and Millington Hall, Cheshire, whom he married on 18 March 1771. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy and to Syston Park on 5 June 1775. For 1778–9 he was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Political career Thorold was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire at a by-election 15 December 1779. He was also returned unopposed at the 1780 general election. In 1780, the English Chronicle described Thorold in these terms. “He ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet
Sir John Henry Thorold, 12th Baronet ( (9 March 1842 – October 1922) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was son of Sir John Charles Thorold, 11th Baronet and succeeded him in 1866, inheriting Syston Park. He was elected at the 1865 general election as a member of parliament (MP) for the borough of Grantham in Lincolnshire, but did not stand again in 1868. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1876–77. and was a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. He married Hon. Alexandrina Willoughby, daughter of Baron Middleton Baron Middleton, of Middleton in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, created in December 1711 for Sir Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Baronet, who had previously represented Nottinghamshire and Newark in Parliament. It ..., on 3 February 1869, and they had five children: *Dorothy Marion Thorold d. 7 April 1958 *Aline Thorold d. 27 October 1951 *Sir John George Thorold, 13th Bt. b. 2 October 1870, d. 25 Decem ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |