Baron Thurlow, of Thurlow in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

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. It was created in 1792 for the lawyer and politician Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow PC, KC was a British lawyer and Tory politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain for fourteen years and under four Prime Ministers.- Early life:...

, with remainder to his younger brothers and the heirs male of their bodies. Thurlow had already on his appointment as Lord Chancellor

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 in 1778 been created Baron Thurlow, of Ashfield in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of Great Britain

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, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. Lord Thurlow never married and on his death in 1806 the barony of 1778 became extinct, while he was succeeded in the barony of 1792 according to the special remainder by his nephew Edward, the second Baron. The latter was the son of the Right Reverend Thomas Thurlow

Thomas Thurlow (bishop)

-Life:He graduated M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1761. He became Dean of St Paul's in 1782, and was Bishop of Durham from 1787.-Family:He was brother of Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, who was Lord Chancellor from 1778 to 1792.-Notes:...

, Bishop of Durham from 1787 to 1791. Lord Thurlow gained a reputation as a minor poet. In 1814 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Hovell, in commemoration of his ancestor Sir Richard Hovell.

His grandson, the fifth Baron (who succeeded his elder brother), was a Liberal

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 politician and served as Paymaster-General

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 in 1886. in 1873 he assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Bruce, which was that of his father-in-law, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

Sir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...

. One year Lord Thurlow assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Cumming. the title is held by his grandson, the eighth Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 1971. Lord Thurlow is a diplomat and notably served as High Commissioner to New Zealand and Nigeria and as Governor of the Bahamas.

The Hon. Sir Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce

Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce

Sir James Roualeyn Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce PC was a British barrister and judge who was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1977-1985....

, younger twin brother of the eighth Baron, was a Lord Justice of Appeal

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Barons Thurlow, Second creation (1792)

• Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
  Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
  Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow PC, KC was a British lawyer and Tory politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain for fourteen years and under four Prime Ministers.- Early life:...
  
   (1730–1806)
• Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron Thurlow (1781–1829)
• Edward Thomas Hovell-Thurlow, 3rd Baron Thurlow (1814–1857)
• Edward Thomas Hovell-Thurlow, 4th Baron Thurlow (1837–1874)
• Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow
  Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow
  Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow, PC, DL , was a British Liberal politician who served as Paymaster-General in 1886.-Family:...
  
   (1838–1916)
• Charles Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 6th Baron Thurlow (1869–1952)
• Henry Charles Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 7th Baron Thurlow (1910–1971)
• Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow
  Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow
  Sir Francis Edward Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow KCMG , is a retired British diplomat. He is the only surviving former British colonial governor of The Bahamas....
  
  (b. 1912)

Heir apparent is his son Hon. Roualeyn Robert Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce (b. 1952)