Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring

The Right Honourable
The Lord Thring
KCB
Lord Thring, c. 1907
First Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury
In office
1869–1886
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded bySir Henry Jenkyns
Parliamentary Counsel to the Home Office
In office
1861–1869
Preceded byWalter Coulson
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born
Henry Thring

(1818-11-03)3 November 1818
Alford, Somerset
Died4 February 1907(1907-02-04) (aged 88)
Spouse
Elizabeth Cardwell
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(after 1856)​
RelationsGodfrey Thring (brother)
Edward Thring (brother)
Arthur Thring (nephew)
ChildrenKatharine Annie Thring
Parent(s)Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring
Sarah Jenkyns
EducationShrewsbury School
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge

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

Early life

Henry was born in Alford, Somerset on 3 November 1818. He was the second son of Sarah (née Jenkyns) Thring (1791–1891) and the Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring (1784–1874), the Rector of Alford and later rural Dean for Cary.[1] Among his siblings were John Charles Thring, Theodore Thring, a Commissioner of Bankruptcy; the schoolmaster Rev. Edward Thring, the hymn-writer Rev. Godfrey Thring and the cricketer and barrister Theodore Thring.[2][3]

His maternal grandfather was Rev. John Jenkyn of Evercreech, Somerset.[4] His nephew Arthur also served as First Parliamentary Counsel from 1903 to 1917 and was knighted in 1908.[5]

He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1]

Career

Thring was appointed First Parliamentary Counsel when that office was established in 1869, a position he held until 1886.[6][7] He became known for his role as a parliamentary draftsman and as an innovator in the framing of legislation.[8] Thring was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1872,[9] and promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1873.[10]

In 1886, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thring, of Alderhurst in the County of Surrey.[11] He was a regular contributor in the House of Lords until 1905.[12] Apart from his career in Parliament he also served on the Council of the Royal College of Music.[8]

Personal life

In 1856, he married Elizabeth Cardwell (1822–1897), a daughter of John Cardwell, Esq.[4] Together, they were the parents of one daughter:[1]

  • Hon. Katharine Annie Thring (1861–1947) who did not marry.[1]

Lord Thring, who lived at 5 Queen's Gate Gardens, SW, died in February 1907, aged 88. Upon his death, the barony became extinct.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Venn, John (1954). Alumni Cantabrigienses: Part II Vol 4. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 183. ISBN 9781108036160. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Thring, Sir Arthur (Theodore)", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 (Oxford: Parker and Co., 1888), vol. 4, p. 1471.
  4. ^ a b Walford, Edward (1893). The Windsor Peerage for 1890-1894. p. 568. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Sir Arthur Turing", The Times (London), 18 April 1932, p. 17.
  6. ^ Roy MacLeod, Government and Expertise: Specialists, Administrators and Professionals, 1860–1919 (Cambridge University Press, 1988), p. 36.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b aim25.ac.uk THRING, Henry, 1st Baron Thring (1818-1907)[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "No. 23931". The London Gazette. 24 December 1872. p. 6429.
  10. ^ "No. 23962". The London Gazette. 28 March 1873. p. 1711.
  11. ^ "No. 25617". The London Gazette. 17 August 1886. p. 4007.
  12. ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Henry Thring
  13. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
Government offices
New office First Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury
1869–1886 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Parliamentary Counsel to the Home Office
1861–1869 		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