John Henry Thorpe
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John Henry Thorpe OBE (7 August 1887–31 October 1944) was a British, Conservative politician.
Thorpe was the eldest son of Ven. John Henry Thorpe, Archdeacon of Macclesfield. He trained as a barrister (later becoming Recorder of Blackburn) and entered the Commons in 1919 as a MP for Manchester Rusholme. During his tenure, he married Ursula Norton-Griffiths (the eldest daughter Sir John Norton-Griffiths, Bt.) on 19 December 1922, and their son was the Liberal MP, (John) Jeremy Thorpe (b. 1929).
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| Preceded by Robert Stoker |
Member for Manchester Rusholme 1919–1923 |
Succeeded by Charles Masterman |
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