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THORPE, ROBERT DOVETON, elder son of Major-Gen. Robert Thorpe, EICS Madras, afterwards of Choisi, Guernsey, and Anne Durell, dau. of Thomas De Sausmarez; b. 1 Apr 1838; adm. 7 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1853; left Aug 1856; Cadet, EICS Madras 1856; Ensign, 27th Native Infantry 20 Dec 1856; Lieut., 4 Aug 1858; Capt., 20 Dec 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 18 Dec 1861 Catherine Jane Gordon, dau. of Col. George Gordon MacDonell, EICS Madras, 30th Madras Native Infantry; d. at Vizianagram, Madras 17 Sep 1873.

THORP, GEORGE, son of George Thorp, Lincoln; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston (Alum. Cant. ); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Jul 1637, aged 17.

THOROTON, THOMAS, son of Robert Thoroton, Screveton, Notts., and Mary, widow of Rev. Abraham Blackborne, Rector of Screveton, Notts., and dau. of Sir Richard Levett, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; bapt. St. Margaret in the Close, Lincoln 1 Jan 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1735/6 (Playford's); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, scholar 30 Dec 1741, adm. 10 Feb 1741/2; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1745 [check]; managed the estates and political and business affairs of his father-in-law John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland; MP Boroughbridge 15 Jan 1757-61, Newark 1761-8, Bramber 14 Feb 1769 - Jan 1782; maintained a constant correspondence with his brother-in-law John Manners, Marquis of Granby, during Seven Years War; Secretary, Board of Ordnance 1763-70; continued to manage the Rutland estates for the 4th Duke of Rutland; his correspondence is preserved at Belvoir Castle (HMC 12th Report, Appendix, pt. v, and 14th Report, Appendix, pt. i); m. 6 Oct 1751 Roosilia Drake, illegitimate dau. of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC; d. 9 May 1794.

Thorold, John Robert Hayford, son of Rev. Ernest Hayford Thorold CB CBE DD, Chaplain­-General to the Forces, and Dorothy Frances, d. of Edward Herbert of Croydon, Surrey; b. 2 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1943, MA 1945; Sub-Lieut (Sp) RNVR Mar. 1943; ord. deacon 1942, priest 1943 (Gloucester); Curate Cheltenham 1942-4, Limehouse 1944-5; asst master Eton Coll. 1945-6; tutor Ripon Hall Oxf. 1947-52; Vicar of Mitcham, Surrey, 1952-86; retd; d. 3 Jan. 2010.

THOROLD, ---; b.; in school lists 1746-50.

Thorold Francis, John Anslem, son of Algar Labouchere Thorold, of Westminster, by Theresa Mary, daughter of the Rev. Owen Luttrell Mansel, Rector of Church Knowle, Dorset; b. April 21, 1901; adm. April 29, 1915 (G); left July 1919; a farmer at Hartfield, Sussex; m. Dec. 1, 1932, Ann Amelia, daughter of William Somers, of Wick, Glastonbury, Somerset; d. June 4, 1958.

THORNYCROFT, GIDEON, third son of Col. Edward Thornycroft, and Mary, dau. of Sir William Lawne, Kt, Sharsted, near Faversham, Kent; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 20 Dec 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Jan 1718/9; of Sharsted, Kent; d. 1742 (will proved PCC 10 May 1742).

THORNTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 15) May 1740 (Playford's); left 1742. [Perhaps son of John Thornton, Hamburg, Germany, University Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Feb 1742/3, aged 17]

THORNTON, WILLIAM, brother of Godfrey Thornton (qv); b. 2 Apr 1808; adm. 3 Jun 1822 (Best's); Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 8 Apr 1826; Lieut. and Capt., 3 Dec 1830; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 8 Jun 1841; Brevet Col., 11 Nov 1851; retd. 16 Sep 1856; m. 1836 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Vigne, Woodford, Essex; d. 8 Apr 1865.

THORNTON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elercted head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1619, adm. scholar 1620, matr. Mich. 1619; BA 1623/4; MA 1627 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1627); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1624.