Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring

Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring KCB (3 November 1818 – 4 February 1907), was a British lawyer and civil servant.

Thring, c. 1907.

Background

Henry was born in Alford, Somerset to Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring (1784–1874), the Rector of Alford and later rural Dean for Cary; and Sarah née Jenkyns (1791–1891). He was educated at Shrewsbury School,. [1]

Career in the civil service

Thring was appointed First Parliamentary Counsel when that office was established in 1869, a position he held until 1886.[2][3] He became known for his role as a parliamentary draftsman and as an innovator in the framing of legislation.[4] Thring was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1872,[5] and promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1873.[6] In 1886, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thring, of Alderhurst in the County of Surrey.[7] He was a regular contributor in the House of Lords until 1905.[8] Apart from his career in Parliament he also served on the Council of the Royal College of Music.[4]

Family

He married Elizabeth née Cardwell (1822–1897) in 1856; they had one daughter, the Hon Katharine Annie Thring (1861–1947) who did not marry.[1] His nephew Arthur also served as First Parliamentary Counsel from 1903 to 1917 and was knighted in 1908.[9]

When Lord Thring died in February 1907, aged 88, the barony became extinct.

References
  1. Venn, John (1954). Alumni Cantabrigienses: Part II Vol 4. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 183. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. Roy MacLeod, Government and Expertise: Specialists, Administrators and Professionals, 1860–1919 (Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 36.
  3. 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.
  4. aim25.ac.uk THRING, Henry, 1st Baron Thring (1818-1907)
  5. "No. 23931". The London Gazette. 24 December 1872. p. 6429.
  6. "No. 23962". The London Gazette. 28 March 1873. p. 1711.
  7. "No. 25617". The London Gazette. 17 August 1886. p. 4007.
  8. Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Henry Thring
  9. "Sir Arthur Turing", The Times (London), 18 April 1932, p. 17.
Government offices
New office First Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury
1869–1886		 Succeeded by
Sir Henry Jenkyns
Preceded by
Walter Coulson		 Parliamentary Counsel to the Home Office
1861–1869		 Succeeded by
Office abolished
(Some functions vested in the
Legal Adviser to the Home Office)
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Thring
1886–1907		 Extinct
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