John Henry Thorpe
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John Henry Thorpe OBE (7 August 1887 – 31 October 1944) was a British Conservative politician.[1][2]
Thorpe was the eldest son of the Venerable John Henry Thorpe, Archdeacon of Macclesfield.[3] He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead and Trinity College, Oxford.[3]
Thorpe trained as a barrister (later becoming Recorder of Blackburn) and entered the Commons in 1919 as MP for Manchester Rusholme. During his tenure, he married Ursula Norton-Griffiths (the eldest daughter of John Norton-Griffiths) on 19 December 1922, and their son was the Liberal MP (John) Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014). [4]
References
- ^ Obituary in The Times, Mr J. H. Thorpe K.C., November 1, 1944, p.7
- ^ "p.156-7. Debrett's House of Commons". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ a b Bloch, Michael (16 December 2014). "Jeremy Thorpe". Little, Brown Book Group – via Google Books.
- ^ Bloch, Michael (2014). Jeremy Thorpe. London: Little Brown. ISBN 978-0-00-257221-7.
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- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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- People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead
- Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
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