Henry Thrale
Deceased Person
1724 – 1781
Who was Henry Thrale?
Henry Thrale was an 18th-century English Member of Parliament and a close friend of Samuel Johnson. Like his father, he was the proprietor of the large London brewery, H. Thrale & Co.
Born at the Alehouse in Harrow Corner, Southwark, he was the son of the rich brewer Ralph Thrale and Mary Thrale. He married Hester Lynch Salusbury on 11 October 1763; they had 12 children, and she outlived him. He was MP for Southwark 23 December 1765 – September 1780, an Alderman, and Sheriff of the City of London: a respected, religious man who was a good hunter and sportsman with a taste for gambling.
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- Born
- 1724
- Spouses
- Hester Lynch Piozzi
(1763/10/11 - )
- Hester Lynch Piozzi
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- University College, Oxford
- Eton College
- Lived in
- Grosvenor Square
( - 1781)
- Grosvenor Square
- Died
- Apr 4, 1781
Grosvenor Square
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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