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| Thorold, John Hayford. Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Jan. 17, 1792. [Eldest] s. of Sir John [9th] Bart. (Hertford College, Oxford, 1752), of Syston, Lincolnshire , and Middlesex (and Jane, dau. of Millington Hayford, of Oxton Hall, Nottinghamshire .). [B. Mar. 30, 1773.] School, private. Capt., Grantham troop of Gentlemen Yeomanry, 1794; Capt., 3rd West Yorkshire . Militia. Succeeded as 10th Bart., Feb. 25, 1815. High Sheriff of Lincolnshire , 1822. A great book-collector; said to possess almost all the incunabula and first editions of the classics. His copy of the Mazarin Bible fetched £3900 at Sotheby's in December 1884, when a great part of his library was sold. Married (1) Oct. 1, 1811, Mary, eldest dau. of Sir Charles Kent , 1st Bart., and had issue; (2) July 12, 1830, Mary Anne, widow of John Dalton, of Turnham Hall, Lancashire , and dau. of George Cary, of Tor Abbey, Devon . Died July 7, 1831, in Albemarle Street, London . Brother of William (1792), Edward (1805), Charles (1808) and George (1819); grandfather of the next. ( St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 515; Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag., 1831, II. 177, which gives date of death as June 1831.) | John Hayford THOROLD Approx. lifespan: 1773–1831 Fell.-Com. St John's College adm1792:01:17 Eldest s. of Sir John THOROLD [9th] Bart. ( Hertford College [Oxford] (1752), of Syston, Lincolnshire , and Middlesex , (and Jane HAYFORD dau. of Millington HAYFORD of Oxton Hall, Oxton, Nottinghamshire , ). [ b. 1773:03:30 Sch: private Captain: Grantham troop of Gentlemen Yeomanry 1794 Captain: 3rd West Yorks. Militia. Succeeded as 10th Bart. 1815:02:25 High Sheriff of: Lincolnshire , 1822 A great book-collector; said to possess almost all the incunabula and first editions of the classics. His copy of the Mazarin Bible fetched £3900 at Sotheby's in1884:12 when a great part of his library was sold. m. (1) 1811:10:01 Mary KENT eldest dau. of Sir Charles KENT 1st Bart. had issue m. (2) 1830:07:12 Mary Anne, widow of John Dalton, of Turnham Hall, Turnham, Lancashire , and dau. of George CARY of Tor Abbey, Tor, Devon , d. Albemarle Street, London , 1831:07:07 brother of William THOROLD (1792) brother of Edward THOROLD (1805) Charles (1808) and George (1819) ; grandfather of Sir John Henry THOROLD, Bart. (1894) ( St John's College Adm. IV. 515; Burke P. and B.; G. Mag 1831, II. 177, which gives date of death as 1831:06) |