Thorpe, Richard Oscar Tugwell THORPE, RICHARD OSCAR TUGV/ELL. Adm. sizar at St John's, July 5, 1849. S. of George, cordwainer, of Battle, Sussex (and Elizabeth). B. there, Nov. 26, 1828. Matric. Michs. 1849. Migrated to Christ's, Jan. 24, 1851; Scholar, 1851; B.A. {gth \i rangier) 1853; M.A. 1856. FeUow of Christ's, 1853-60. Ord. deacon (Worcester) Sept. 25, 1833; priest (Ely) 1854. V. of St Clement's, Cambridge, 1S54-60. Chaplain of Campbell Town and Ross, Tasmania, 1860-2. Chaplain of Holy Trinity, Marylebone, 1864-5. C. of Christ Church, Newgate Street, 1865-6. C. of St Matthew's, Redhill, Surrey, i866-8. C. of St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings, 1868-9. V- of Christ Church, Camberwell, 1869-94. R. of Anstey, Herts., 1894-1906. At Camberwell was chiefly responsible for bringing to justice Mrs Waters, a notorious baby-farmer. One of the founders of the Infant Life Protec- tion Society. Married (1) July 26, i860, Emilie Munday, of Pembridge House, Westboume Grove, London; (2) Jan. 17, 1887, Edith Mary Stewart, eldest dau. of S. B. Roberts, M.D. Died suddenly, Sept. 22, 1906, at Ramsgate; buried at .■Vnstey. (Eagle, .xxviii. 214; Pfile, 11. 518; Crockford.) THORPE, ST JOHN WELLS. Adm. pens, at Queens', Mar. 31, 1835. Of Lines. Matric. Michs. 1835; B.A. 1840. Ord. deacon (Chester) 1840; priest, 1841; C. of Blackrod, Lanes., 1841-3. C. of Manuden, Essex, 1844-50; V. there, 1850-70. C. of Bow Common, Middlesex, 1871-4. C.'of Woodchurch, Kent, 1874-5. C. of St Luke's, Victoria Docks, 1875-8. Disappears from Crockford, 1S79. THORPE, THOMAS DYKES. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Pembroke, Feb. I, 182-. Eldest s. of the Rev. Thom», V. of Oxted, Surrey. B. there [Feb. 15, i8oi]. Schools, Westminster and Merchant Taylors'. Matric. Lent, 1822; B.A. 1828. In Holy Orders, but not found in Clergy List or Index Eccles. Died May 20, 1863, at Plymouth. (Record of Old Westminsteis; G. Mag., 1863, 11. 108.) THORPE, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Caius, July 20, 1795- [5^^ and youngest] s. of \\'illiana, wooUen-draper, of Newmarket. B. there [Dec. 31, 1775]. Schools, Apsley Guise, Beds. (Mr Wright) and St Paul's. Matric. Michs. 1796; B.A. 1800; M.A. 1803. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1800; priest (Norwich) Dec. 20, 1801. V. of Stetchworth, Cambs., 1S08-59. Married, May II, 1819, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Smyth, Esq., of East Dereham, Norfolk. Died Mar. 20, 1859; buried at Stetchworth. (Venn, 11. 128; St Paul's Sch. Reg.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1859, I. 545.) THORPE, WILLIAM GEORGE. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 22, 1847. [Only] s. of George Richard, goldsmith, of South Lambeth, Surrey (and Mary). B. at Norton, Derbs. Bapt. Mar. I, 1829. Matric. Michs. 1847. Migrated to Queens', Apr. 29, 1848. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 18, 1875; then of Barton House, Ipplepen, Devon, age 46. Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1877. A Special Pleader. F.G.S. Of 4, Elm Court, Temple. Author, The Still Life of the Middle Temple. (Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar; Inns of Court.) THOSEBY, ALBERT EDWARD VICTOR. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1891. S. of the Rev. William, Wesleyan minister, of Sowerby Bridge, Halifax (and Hannah Holmes). B. [May 24], 1872, at Ely. School, Rossall. Matric. Michs. 1891; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1910. Assistant Master at Newport Grammar School, Isle of Wight, 1894-95; at Dudley Grammar School, 1895-1903; at the Municipal Day School, Harrogate, 1903-11; Head Master there, 1911-34. (Rossall Reg.; Venn, 11. 522; Schoolmasters' Directories.) THRELFALL, RICHARD. Adm. (age 18) at Caius, Oct. i, 1880. [Eldest] s. of Richard, deceased, of Hollowforth, Preston, Lanes. B. there [Aug. 14, 1861]. School, Clifton College; and at Strasburg Univ. Matric. Michs. 1880; Scholar; (Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, ist Class, 1882); (Pt II, ist Class, 1884); B.A. 1884; M.A. 1888. Hon. Fellow, 1905. FootbaU (rugby) 'blue,' 1881, 1883. Hon. D.Sc, Victoria Univereity. A.M.I.C.E.; Assistant Demonstrator in Experimental Physics, 1885-6. Professor of Physics at Sydney University, 1886-92. F.R.S., 1899. Managing Director of Albright and Wilson, Chemical manufacturers at Oldbury, 1899. Described by Sir J. J. Thomson as ' one of the greatest of electrochemists.' President, N.S.W. Royal Commission on loading and carriage of coal at sea, 1896-9. During the Great War, 1914-19, engaged in work upon the phosphorus smoke screen and the tracer bullet, K.B.E., 1917; G.B.E., 1927. Member of Executive Council, Imperial Institute, 19 16. Member of the Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Chairman of the Fuel Research Board and of the Chemistry Board. Represented Great Britain at the World Power Conference in Japan, 1929. Married, 1890, Evelyn Agnes, dau. of John Forster Baird, of Bowmont Hill, Northumberland. Author, On Laboratory Arts, 1898, etc. Died July 10, 1932, in Birmingham. (Venn, 11. 446; Book of Blues; Who was Who; The Times, July 11, 1932-) Thring, Henry THRELFALL, THOMAS. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Nov. 19, i860. [Eldest] s. of John Mayor, of Singleton House, Higher Broughton, Manchester (and Sarah, dau. of John Threlfall). B. [Dec. 31], 1842, in Liverpool. School, Clapham, London. Matric. Michs. i86i; B.A. 1865; M.A. 1868. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 9, 1865. Called to the Bar, Nov. 17, 1868. On the Northern Circuit. Member of the Committee of management of the Royal Academy of Music, 1886; chairman, 1888. Chairman of the Threlfall brewery Co., 1888. Married, Aug. 28, 1872, Lydia Tennant, 3rd dau. of James Tennant Caird, engineer and shipbuilder, of Greenock. Died Feb. 3, 1907. (Law Lists; Foster, Men at the Bar; Burke, L.G.; Who was Who; Inns of Court.) THRESHER, EDWARD BALSTON. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Pembroke, Oct. 2, 1882. Only s. of John, Esq., of Corfe Castle, Dorset. B. there. [School, Bournemouth College.] Matric. Michs. 1882. Of Corfe HiU, Radipole. J. P. for Dorset. Died July i, 1932, at Winfrith, Dorset; buried at Portesham. (7"Ae Times, July 5, 1932.) THRESHER, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 12, 1815. B. at Fareham, Hants. Matric. Michs. 1816; Scholar, 1816; B.A. 1820; M.A. 1823. Ord. deacon (Ely, Litt. dim. from Winchester) Apr. 15, 1821; priest (Chester, Litt. dim. from Winchester) Mar. 31, 1822. V. of Titchfield, Hants., 1826-52. Married Dec. i, 1831, Lucy, dau. of .•\dmiral Stair Douglas. Latterly of Fareham, where he died Feb. 10, 1857, aged 59. (Clergy List; G. Mag., 1857, 11. 368.) THRESHER, WILLIAM HARRISON. Adm. at Caius, Oct. i, 1896. S. of the Rev. James Henville (University College, Oxford, i860), of Winchester (and Sarah Anne Bumaby). B. there, July 27, 1877. School, Malvern College. Matric. Michs. 1896; B..\. 1899; M.A. and B.Chir., 1905; M.B. 1906. At St Thomas's Hospital. House Physician at the Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich, and Bedford County Hospital. Resident Medical Officer, Waterloo Hospital for Women and Children. Of Winchester in 1910. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., R.A.M.C). Of Lee-on-Solent in 1920. Died May 22, 1921, at Suez, of typhus. (Medical Directories; Venn, 11. 550; Univ. War List; The Times, May 26, 1921.) THRING, The Rev. BROUNCKER. B.A. 1792, incorp. from Oxford; M.A. 1792. Adm. pens, at St John's, June 30, 1792. [S. of Brouncker, of Knook, Wilts.] Matric. from All Souls' CoUege, Oxford, Mar. 22, 1771; B.A. (Oxford) 1774; MA. incorp. from Cambridge, 1792; B.D. and D.D. (Oxford) 1792. Ord. deacon (Oxford) Dec. 18, 1774; priest, Dec. 22, 1776- R. of Sutton-Veny, 1780-1812 and V. of Overton, Wilts., 1795-1812. Chaplain to Lord Rodney. Married Mary Bayly. Died Sept. 25, 1812. (Al. Oxon.; St John's Coll. Adtns., iv. 516; G. Mag., 1812, 11. 402.) THRING, EDWARD. Adm. at King's, a scholar from Eton, June 5, 1841. [3rd] s. of the Rev. John Gale Dalton,(i8o3), R. of Alford, Somerset (and Sarah, dau. of John Jenkyns, V. of Evercreech, Somerset). B. Nov. 29, 1821, at Alford. Matric. Michs. 1841; Porson prize, 1844; B.A. 1845; M..A. 1848. Fellow, 1844-53. Ord. deacon (Gloucester) Dec. 20, 1846; priest, Dec. 19, 1847; C. of St James', Gloucester, 1847-8. A private tutor at Great Marlow, 1848-50. C. of Cookham-Dean, Berks., 1850-2. C. of Skipsea, Yorks., 1852- 3. Head Master of Uppingham School, 1853-87. When he came to it, the school consisted of 25 boys and 2 masters, in mean premises; he raised it to a foremost position amongst the public schools, with 30 masters, 11 boarding houses and 320 boys. Under him, ' Uppingham was the first great public school to make special provision. . .for varied culture outside the traditional range of Classical study.' Set great value on music, art, and the study of modem languages. Founder of the Headmasters' Conference, 1869. Married, 1853, Marie Louise, dau. of Carl Johami Koch, commissioner of Customs at Bonn. Author, The Theory and Practice of Teaching; Elements of Grammar taught in English; Sermons preached at Uppingham School; Education and School; The Principles of Grammar; Thoughts on Life Science; Elements of Grammar Taught in English. Died Oct. 22, 1887, at Uppingham. Brother of the next two and of Theodore (1835); father of John G. (1874). (Boase, in. 965; Crockford; D.N.B.) THRING, HENRY. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Magdalene, May 29, 1837. [2nd] s. of John Gale [Dalton] (1803) [R.] of AUord, Somerset (and Sarah, dau. of the Rev. John Jenkyns, V. of Evercreech). [B. there, Nov. 3, 1818.] School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1837; B.A. drd Classic) 1841; M.A. 1844. Fellow, 1 84 1. Hon. Fellow, 1885. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Jan. 20, 1842. Called to the Bar, Jan. 31, 1845. Migrated to Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 20, 1848. Equity Draftsman and Con- veyancer. Counsel to the Home Office, 1860-8. Parliamen- taiy Counsel to the Treasury, 1869-86. Greatly improved the style of drafting bills. Member of the Statute law com- mittee, 1868; later, its chairman. K.C.B., 1873- Created Baron Thring, 1886. Of Englefield Green, Surrey and 5, 183