John Henry Thorpe

John Henry Thorpe OBE KC (7 August 1887 – 31 October 1944) was a British Conservative politician.[1][2]

Thorpe was the eldest son of the Venerable John Henry Thorpe, Archdeacon of Macclesfield.[3] He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead and Trinity College, Oxford.[3]

Thorpe trained as a barrister (later becoming Recorder of Blackburn) and entered the Commons in 1919 as MP for Manchester Rusholme. During his tenure, he married Ursula Norton-Griffiths (the eldest daughter of John Norton-Griffiths) on 19 December 1922, and their son was the Liberal MP (John) Jeremy Thorpe (1929–2014).[3]

  1. ^ Obituary in The Times, Mr J. H. Thorpe K.C., November 1, 1944, p.7
  2. ^ "p.156-7. Debrett's House of Commons". Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Bloch, Michael (2014). Jeremy Thorpe. London: Little Brown. ISBN 978-0-00-257221-7.