Sir John Thorold, 12th Baronet

He was the eldest son of Sir John Thorold, 11th Baronet, and Elizabeth Frances Thoroton-Hildyard. Among his siblings were Montague George Thorold (who married the widow of the 6th Baron Rivers), Capt. Cecil Thorold of Boothby Hall, and Lt.-Col. Charles Cecil Hayford Thorold, who was killed in action during the Second Boer War. Upon the death of his father in 1866, he succeeded to the baronetcy and the family estates, including Syston Park. ==Career==

He was elected at the 1865 general election as a Member of Parliament for the borough of Grantham in Lincolnshire, but did not stand again in 1868. He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1876 to 1877, and was a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. ==Personal life==

On 3 February 1869, Sir John married Hon. Alexandrina Henrietta Matilda Willoughby (1845–1931), daughter of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron Middleton and the former Julia Louisa Bosville (a daughter of Alexander William Robert Bosville, granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate and descendant of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh). Together, they had five children: • Dorothy Marion Thorold (1878–1958), who married Hubert Edward Peter Dyke Acland, son of Commander Benjamin Dyke Acland, in 1912. Sir John died on 4 October 1922 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, John. Descendants Through his youngest son James, he was a grandfather of the Sir Anthony Henry Thorold, 15th Baronet, the Royal Navy officer who served as Captain of , was Commodore in Charge, Hong Kong, and served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. == References ==