Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet (26 March 1837 – 2 April 1900) was a British Conservative Party

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 politician.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk

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 in 1860. He was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Western division of Suffolk

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 at a by-election

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 in October 1875, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1885 general election

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He was made a baronet

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, of Riddlesworth Hall in the Parish of Riddlesworth in the County of Norfolk and of Pakenham Lodge in the Parish of Pakenham in the County of Suffolk, on 11 August 1885.

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