Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet facts for kids

Sir John Henry Thorold, 12th Baronet DL ( (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, 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, d. 1965); m. 16 December 1902 Katharine Tindal-Atkinson, da. of Rev. W. R. Tindal-Atkinson, and left children including 15th Baronet.