John Thrupp (1817–1870) was an English lawyer and historical writer.

Life

Born on 5 February 1817, he was the eldest son of John Augustus Thrupp (1785–1844) of Spanish Place,

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, London, son of

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coach maker Joseph Thrupp of Paddington Green, by his first wife, Mary Burgon.

Frederick Thrupp Frederick Thrupp (20 June 1812–21 March 1895) was an English sculptor. Life Frederick was born on 20 June 1812, the youngest son of Joseph Thrupp of Paddington Green, London, by Mary Pillow (d. 1845), his second wife. Joseph Thrupp from 1 ...

was his father's half-brother. His sister,

Dorothy Ann Thrupp Dorothy Ann Thrupp (pseudonyms Iota and D.A.T.; 20 June 1779 – 14 December 1847) was a British psalmist, hymnwriter, and translator. Many of her psalms and hymns, which were published under various pseudonyms, were included in: ''Friendly Visi ...

, was a writer. After education at Dr. Laing's school at Clapham he was articled in 1834 and admitted a solicitor in 1838; he practised at Bell Yard,

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. After his father died and left him money, Thrupp spent time on archæology and chess, through which he knew

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. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in November 1861; and of the

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in the same month. Thrupp died at Sunnyside,

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, on 20 January 1870. He was three times married, but left no issue; one of his wives was Sarah Crowley, aunt of

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Works

In 1843 Thrupp published ''Historical Law Tracts'', and in 1862 ''The Anglo-Saxon Home: a History of the Domestic Institutions and Customs of England from the Fifth to the Eleventh Century''

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Thrupp, John 1817 births 1870 deaths English solicitors 19th-century English historians English male non-fiction writers 19th-century English male writers 19th-century English lawyers