Code | P/0062 |
Dates | 1783-1852 |
Person Name | Thornhill; George (1783-1852); MP, High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1836); of Diddington Hall |
Surname | Thornhill |
Forenames | George |
Title | MP, High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1836) |
Epithet | of Diddington Hall |
Activity | George Thornhill (1783-1852) was most notable as the member of his family to have served for the longest time in the House of Commons - doing so as a Conservative from 1837 to 1852 - however during this time he does not appear to have been an active member, with no contributions in parliament recorded. He was however very successful at entrenching his family in the social circles of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. He was a political ally of the future 1st Baron de Ramsey, was close to his brother in law John Heathcote of Conington Castle (1767-1838) and his wife's guardian before their marriage was a member of the powerful Montagu family. He enlarged his family's estates through an advantageous marriage, but also allowed the lease on a Cambridgeshire Manor to expire, which may suggest either that he was more interested in lands in Huntingdonshire, or else that he was not as interested in the accumulation of land as his father had been. Though he studied law and was admitted to the Inner Temple, it is unknown if he practiced law. |
Relationships | Father: George Thornhill (1738-1827) Mother: Mary Anne (d.1830), daughter of Sir Cesar Hawkins, 1st Baronet of Kelston, Somerset Spouse: Charlotte Mathilda (d.1830), daughter and heiress of Rev. Charles Greene of Offord Darcy (d.1803) Children: George Thornhill (1811-1875) m. Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Robert H. Wilkinson Rev. Charles Thornhill (d.1881) m. Margaret (d.1877) daughter of John Woolsey of Priorland Rev. John Thornhill, Rector of Boxworth m. Catherine, daughter of Robert Wilkinson Rev. William Thornhill, Rector of Offord Darcy (d.1872), m. Helen Jameson, daughter of John Woolsey of Priorland Bryan Thornhill m. Sophia Tuke Henry Jordan Thornhill m. Elizabeth Julia daughter of Major Goldie Mary Anne Thornhill (d.1899) m. Captain Edmund Packe Charlotte Mathida Thornhill Frances Thornhill (d.1878) m. Rev. John Pardoe, Vicar of Leyton Lydia Ann Thornhill Georgiana Thornhill m. Rev. Plumer Roper Everilda Thornhill m. Rev. Alfred Jenner |
RefNo | Title |
KAcc148/2/A/94 | Discharge of Land Tax |
KAcc148/2/D/328 | Land Tax Redemption |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/7/99 | Correspondence between George Thornhill of Diddington, Huntingdonshire, and J.M. Heathcote of Conington Castle, Huntingdonshire regarding a new Trust Deed |
KAcc148/5/F/284 | Memorandum |
KHINCH/9/C/G/208 | Letter; George Thornhill, Cheam, to 7th Earl of Sandwich. |
KAcc148/1/43 | Will: (Codicil); George Thornhill of Diddington, Hunts Esq |
KAcc148/4/F/181 | Estate Particulars |
KAcc148/2/C/284 | Memorandum of Agreement |
KAcc148/4/F/182 | 8 Share Certificates |
KAcc148/5/C/157 | Letter |
KAcc148/2/D/333 | Leases for 12 years |
KAcc148/2/E/534 | Copy Extract from Lease and Release |
KAcc148/5/C/249 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/137 | Letter and reply |
KAcc148/4/C/123 | Estate Valuation |
KAcc148/2/F/602 | Bond to pay £49916 on 5 Dec 1810 |
KAcc148/1/47 | Codicils George Thornhill of Diddington, Hunts Esq |
KAcc148/4/H/204 | Offord Estate Plan |
KAcc148/5/C/144 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/F/285 | Memorandum |
KAcc148/2/F/604 | Fire Insurance Policy No 1611640 |
KAcc148/4/D/146 | Rental of Manor of Offord Darcy |
KAcc148/4/H/202 | Thornhill Estate Plan (Inclosure?) |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/14/185 | Petition in Chancery for Judicial Advice and Direction in the matter of the Trusts of the will of George Thornhill Esq., deceased [2 items] |
KAcc148/5/C/128 | Copy letters |
KAcc148/5/C/145 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/160 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/132 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/158 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/G/325 | Election Subscriptions |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/14/176 | Account book of Mary Anne Thornhill, deceased, John Heathcote Esq., and George Thornhill Esq., in account with Messrs. Child and Co. |
KAcc148/5/C/133 | Letter and draft reply |
KAcc1832/C/1/201 | Memo of Agreement; Geo. Thornhill Esq. of Diddington, and John Linton Esq. of Stirtloe House, Buckden. |
KAcc148/5/C/233 | Letter and invitation |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/4/63 | Instructions regarding the purchase of an estate in Offord Darcy, Huntingdonshire, by John Moyer Heathcote Esq.and the Reverend Charles Thornhill, trustees of the real estates devised by the will of the late GeorgeThornhill |
KAcc148/5/C/135A | Draft Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/162 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/120 | Letter |
KDMC/373 | Islington and Clerkenwell estate map |
KAcc148/2/A/92 | Deed of Covenant |
KHINCH/8/A/D/157 | Letter; D. Veasey, Huntingdon, to the Countess of Sandwich. |
KAcc148/2/E/536 | Covenance to produce title deeds |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/10/129 | Lease of a parcel of ground in St. Mary, Islington, Middlesex |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/10/135 | Account of Mrs Mary Anne Thornhill, John Heathcote and George Thornhill, Esq., Trustees under the will of the late George Thornhill Esq., of £12,000 in The Islington Trust Estate |
KAcc148/4/D/157 | Rentals |
KAcc148/5/C/234 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/165 | Letter - copy |
KHINCH/7/D/47 | Letter; G.F. Maule, Brampton, to 7th Earl of Sandwich. |
KAcc148/2/E/535 | Copy Assignment of Mortgage |
KAcc148/5/C/199 | Letter and reply |
KHCP/1/16/36 | Deposition: Statements by Laetitia Ward, Diddington, Harriett Elizabeth Usher (servant to George Thornhill, Esq. Her signature is exceptionally good). Anne Eady Stirtloe, Sarah Leach, wife of Richard Leach, Huntingdon, concerning the alleged theft by Jane Goodwin of a bonnet, a cap and a pair of stockings from Laetitia Ward. |
KAcc148/5/C/166 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/134 | Letter |
KAcc148/2/D/330 | Fine |
KAcc148/5/C/131 | Letter and Draft reply |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/10/128 | Appointment and Release (Draft Copy) of land in St Mary, Islington, Middlesex |
KAcc148/5/C/126 | Letter |
KAcc148/2/B/189 | Marriage Settlement |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/14/181 | Marriage Settlement re marriage between Rev John Thornhill and Catherine Wilkinson |
KAcc148/5/C/161 | Letter |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/8/105 | Copy of 5109/104 |
KAcc148/2/A/93 | Fire Insurance Policy for £2,000 |
KAcc148/5/C/143 | Letter and Draft Reply and Letter |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/10/134 | Letter from William Vincent of Park Cottage, Barnsbury Park, Islington to Mr. T. Hooker of 12 Thornhill Place East, requesting that application be made to Mr Thornhill respecting the site that has been promised for the church |
KAcc148/5/C/147 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/153 | Letter |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/14/182 | Appointment of New Trustees |
KAcc148/5/C/124 | Letter and reply and Draft letter |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/8/104 | Bargain and Sale to make a Tenant to the Praecipe |
KAcc148/5/C/138 | Letter |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/14/180 | Bundle of deeds of covenant as to payment of reascertained Corn Rent |
KAcc148/5/C/164 | Letter and draft reply |
KAcc148/5/C/111 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/154 | Letter |
KR/R35/3/1 | Probate of the Will and Codicil of Mrs Fellowes. |
KAcc148/5/C/129 | Letter |
KAcc148/2/D/345 | Fire Insurance Policy No 835165 |
KAcc148/2/D/334 | Lease for 12 years |
KAcc148/2/D/329 | Land Tax Redemption |
KAcc148/1/19 | Declaration of Legacy Duty on Residues of Personal Estate |
KAcc148/2/D/336 | Attested Copy Bargain and Sale |
KHINCH/9/C/F/162-163 | Letter; T. Wright Vaughan, Knightbridge, to 7th Earl of Sandwich. |
KHAC0/459 | Letter from Wm. Margetts of Huntingdon |
KAcc148/5/C/112 | Letter + enclosing letter |
KAcc148/5/C/200 | Letter + 3 draft replies |
KAcc148/2/H/866 | Memorandum of Agreement |
KAcc148/5/C/198 | Letter and reply |
KAcc148/5/C/142 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/149 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/136 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/202 | Letter |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/10/132 | Counterpart Lease of property in Islington, Middlesex |
KAcc148/5/C/151 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/130 | Letter and reply |
KAcc148/5/C/118 | Letter and draft letter |
KAcc148/5/C/146 | Letter |
KAcc148/4/A/76 | Account |
KAcc148/5/D/255 | Pedigree of the Thornhills to |
KAcc148/5/C/141 | Letter and Draft Reply |
KAcc148/5/C/140 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/163 | Letter and reply |
KAcc148/2/H/848 | Mortgage |
KAcc148/5/C/114 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/127 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/239 | Letter |
KAcc148/MAPS/1575/LR25/373 | Plan of freehold estate in Islington and Clerkenwell |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/14/178 | Miscellaneous papers relating to financial dealings between George Thornhill and John Moyer Heathcote (appointment of trustees, dividends on annuities etc.) [14 items] |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/14/177 | Appointment by George Thornhill of Diddington, Huntingdonshire, Esq., and Charlotte Matilda his wife of the sum of £6,000 provided to be raised under the trusts of their Marriage Settlement [Attested copy] |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/1/2 | Thornhill Estate book |
KAcc148/5/C/139 | Letter |
KAcc148/2/D/335 | Fine |
KAcc148/5/C/113 | Letter |
KAcc148/2/D/331 | Covenant to levy a fine |
KAcc148/5/C/155 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/F/283 | List (Memorandum) |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/4/46 | Deed of Confirmation |
KAcc148/5/C/156 | Letter and reply |
KAcc148/5/C/125 | Letter and reply |
KAcc148/5/C/167 | Letter |
KAcc148/2/D/332 | Lease and Release |
KAcc148/5/C/152 | Letter |
KHAC0/563/56 | Huntingdonshire Election |
KAcc148/5/C/150 | Letter |
KAcc148/5/C/159 | Letter |
KAcc148/UNCAT/5109/10/127 | Declaration of Trust and Covenant |