The Thornhill, later Compton-Thornhill Baronetcy, of Riddlesworth Hall in the Parish of Riddlesworth in the County of Norfolk and of Pakenham Lodge in the Parish of Pakenham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 11 August 1885 for Thomas Thornhill, Conservative Member of Parliament for West Suffolk. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Compton on 9 May 1901.[2] The title became extinct on his death in 1949.
Thornhill, later Compton-Thornhill baronets, of Riddlesworth Hall and of Pakenham Lodge (1885) edit
- Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet (1837–1900)
- Sir Anthony John Compton-Thornhill, 2nd Baronet (1868–1949)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "No. 25499". The London Gazette. 11 August 1885. p. 3701.
- ^ "No. 27401". The London Gazette. 28 January 1902. p. 581.