William Thornhill may refer to:
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William Thornhill (British Army officer) William Thornhill (1768 – 9 December 1851) was a British Army officer of the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign. His nephew was the politician William Pole Thornhill.
Life
Born in Derbyshire as the second son of Bache Thornhill of Stanton ...
(1768-1851), British Army officer
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William Thornhill (MP for Poole)
William Thornhill (c. 1500 – 21 August 1557), of Thornhill in Stalbridge, Dorset, was an English politician.
Family
Thornhill was the eldest son of Thomas Thornhill of Thornhill and his wife Joan née Hussey, daughter of Thomas Hussey of Shap ...
(1500–1557), English politician
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William Thornhill (surgeon)
William Thornhill (fl. 1723–1755) was an English surgeon.
Biography
Thornhill was a member of one of the younger branches of the great Dorset family of Thornhull of Woolland, a nephew of Sir James Thornhill. He was educated in Bristol under †...
, English surgeon
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William Pole Thornhill
William Pole Thornhill (1807 – 12 February 1876) was a British Whig and then Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1853 to 1865.
Life
He was the son of Henry Bache Thornhill (son of Bache Thornhill) and his wife Helen ...
(1807–1876), British politician, MP for North Derbyshire
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