Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring
First Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury | |
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In office 1869–1886 | |
Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
Succeeded by | Sir Henry Jenkyns |
Parliamentary Counsel to the Home Office | |
In office 1861–1869 | |
Preceded by | Walter Coulson |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Henry Thring 3 November 1818 Alford, Somerset |
Died | 4 February 1907 | (aged 88)
Spouse |
Elizabeth Cardwell
(after 1856) |
Relations | Godfrey Thring (brother) Edward Thring (brother) Arthur Thring (nephew) |
Children | Katharine Annie Thring |
Parent(s) | Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring Sarah Jenkyns |
Education | Shrewsbury School |
Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring KCB (3 November 1818 – 4 February 1907), was a British lawyer and civil servant.
Early life
Henry was born in
His maternal grandfather was Rev. John Jenkyn of Evercreech, Somerset.[4] His nephew Arthur also served as First Parliamentary Counsel from 1903 to 1917 and was knighted in 1908.[5]
He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1]
Career
Thring was appointed
In 1886, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thring, of Alderhurst in the
Personal life
In 1856, he married Elizabeth Cardwell (1822–1897), a daughter of John Cardwell, Esq.[4] Together, they were the parents of one daughter:[1]
- Hon. Katharine Annie Thring (1861–1947) who did not marry.[1]
Lord Thring, who lived at 5 Queen's Gate Gardens, SW, died in February 1907, aged 88. Upon his death, the barony became extinct.[13]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781108036160. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Thring, Sir Arthur (Theodore)", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 (Oxford: Parker and Co., 1888), vol. 4, p. 1471.
- ^ a b Walford, Edward (1893). The Windsor Peerage for 1890-1894. p. 568. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Sir Arthur Turing", The Times (London), 18 April 1932, p. 17.
- ^ Roy MacLeod, Government and Expertise: Specialists, Administrators and Professionals, 1860–1919 (Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 36.
- ^ The Times, 3 August 1886, p. 7, records Thring's resignation and Henry Jenkyn's succession to his office; Jenkyns had been his assistant since the office's foundation.
- ^ a b aim25.ac.uk THRING, Henry, 1st Baron Thring (1818-1907)
- ^ "No. 23931". The London Gazette. 24 December 1872. p. 6429.
- ^ "No. 23962". The London Gazette. 28 March 1873. p. 1711.
- ^ "No. 25617". The London Gazette. 17 August 1886. p. 4007.
- ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Henry Thring
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. Retrieved 18 August 2021.