Francis Thornhagh

Francis Thornhagh
Colonel, JP, MP, High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire
Personal details
Born1617
Fenton, Nottinghamshire
Died1648 (aged 30–31)
Battle of Preston (1648)
Spouse(s)Elizabeth, daughter of John St. Andrew
ChildrenJohn Thornhagh, 2 daughters
Parent(s)Francis Thornhagh (1593-1643), Jane, daughter of Sir John Jackson of Hickleton, Yorkshire

Colonel Francis Thornhagh or Thornhaugh (1617–1648) was a hero of the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War, an MP of East Retford and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, who was killed at the Battle of Preston in 1648.