Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet [SEP] date of birth
Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet
Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet (16 November 1659 - 8 December 1725) was an English Barrister-at-Law.
Thornycroft was born in London, the son of Sir John Thornycroft and Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Howel. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn and practised as a barrister in Oxford. He served as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1701. He was created a baronet, of Milcombe, Oxfordshire in the Baronetage of England
Thornycroft baronets
The Thornycroft Baronetcy, of Milcomb in the County of Oxford, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 August 1701 for the barrister, John Thornycroft. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1743.
Thornycroft baronets, of Milcomb (1701).
- Sir John Thornycroft, 1st Baronet (1659–1725)
- Sir John Thornycroft, 2nd Baronet (1691–1743)
References.
- John Burke, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the