Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet

For other people named John Thorold, see John Thorold (disambiguation).

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.

He married Hon. Alexandrina Willoughby, daughter of Baron Middleton, 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 December 1951
• Captain Henry Cecil Thorold b. 17 November 1871, d. 18 February 1902
• Sir James Ernest Thorold, 14th Bt.+ b. 27 January 1877

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Thorold

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frederick James Tollemache William Earle Welby	Member of Parliament for Grantham 1865 – 1868 With: William Earle Welby to April 1868 Edmund Turnor from April 1868	Succeeded by Frederick James Tollemache Sir Hugh Cholmeley, Bt
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Charles Thorold	Baronet of Marston 1866–1922	Succeeded by John George Thorold