Thornycroft (disambiguation)

Thornycroft, Thorneycroft, or Thornicroft can refer to:

Thornycroft family

Thornycroft family, British arts and industry family

• Thomas Thornycroft (1815–85), sculptor
• his wife Mary Thornycroft (1814–95), sculptor
  • John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928), son of Thomas, marine engineer
    • John Edward Thornycroft (1872–1960), son of John Isaac, mechanical and civil engineer
    • Isaac Thomas Thornycroft (1881–1955), son of John Isaac, motorboat and yacht racer, 1908 Olympic gold medalist in motor boating
  • Helen Thornycroft (1848–1937), daughter of Thomas, painter
  • Hamo Thornycroft RA (1850–1925), son of Thomas, sculptor
  • Theresa Thornycroft (1853–1947), daughter of Thomas, sculptor, mother of Siegfried Sassoon

Other people

• Carla Thorneycroft, Baroness Thorneycroft (1914–2007), British patron of the arts
• Charles Thorneycroft (1879–1972), English cricketer
• Craig Thornicroft, former drummer for dance-punk band Youves
• Elizabeth Thornicroft (fl. 1723), wife of George Nevill, 14th Baron Bergavenny
• Gaston Thornicroft (fl.1930s–1960s), businessman and Coloured activist in Southern Rhodesia
• George Benjamin Thorneycroft (1791–1851), ironmaster and Tory supporter who became the first Mayor of Wolverhampton, after the Borough was incorporated, in 1848
• Harry Scott Thornicroft (fl.1900s–1930s), colonial administrator in Northern Rhodesia
• Harry Thorneycroft (1892–1956) British Labour politician
• John Thornicroft, conductor of the Regina Symphony Orchestra 1955–1958
• Nick Thornicroft (b. 1985), English cricketer
• Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909–1994), British Conservative politician

Companies

• Thornycroft, vehicle manufacturer separated from the shipbuilding company in early 20th Century
• John I. Thornycroft & Company, shipbuilder started by John Isaac Thornycroft, subsequently VT Group

Football clubs

• Thornycroft Athletic F.C., in Basingstoke, founded by employees of the vehicle manufacturer
• Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C., in Woolston, Southampton, founded by employees of the shipbuilder
• Vosper Thornycroft F.C., in Sholing, Southampton now known as Sholing F.C.

Other

• Thorneycroft carbine, 1901 bullpup design rifle

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