Thomas Thornhill

Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.

Career

Thornhill was the son of Thomas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth Hall.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1860. He was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two members of parliament for the Western division of Suffolk at a by-election in October 1875, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election. He unsuccessfully contested the Stowmarket division in 1885. From 1882 to 1885 he served as a junior Whip in Opposition.
He was made a baronet, of Riddlesworth Hall in the Parish of Riddlesworth in the County of Norfolk and of Pakenham Lodge in the Parish of Pakenham, Suffolk, on 11 August 1885.
Thornhill died at his residence, Pakenham lodge, Bury St Edmunds, on 2 April 1900.

Family

Thornhill married in 1863 Katherine Edith Isabella Hodgson, daughter of Richard Hodgson-Huntley, of Carham Hall, Northumberland, by his wife Catherine Moneypenny Compton, daughter of Anthony Compton, of Carham Hall.
Lady Thornhill was in January 1902 granted permission to take the surname and arms of Compton combined with Thornhill, for herself and her issue.
He was succeeded by their son Anthony John Compton-Thornhill.