John Henry Thorpe

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

  1. Obituary in The Times, Mr J. H. Thorpe K.C., November 1, 1944, p.7
  2. "p.156-7. Debrett's House of Commons". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. Bloch, Michael (16 December 2014). Jeremy Thorpe. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781408706947 via Google Books.
  4. Bloch, Michael (2014). Jeremy Thorpe. London: Little Brown. ISBN 978-0-00-257221-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Stoker
Member for Manchester Rusholme
19191923
Succeeded by
Charles Masterman


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