Sir Peter Francis Thorne, KCVO, CBE, ERD (6 August 1914 – 16 March 2004) was a British Army officer.
Sir Peter Francis Thorne | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 August 1914 |
| Died | 16 March 2004 (aged 89) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire Emergency Reserve Decoration |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Relations | General Sir Andrew Thorne (father) |
Family and education
editThorne was the son of General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne and the Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant (daughter of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn).[1][2] His cousin was the courtier Dame Frances Campbell-Preston.
Thorne was educated at Eton College before attending Trinity College, Oxford.[1] Whilst at Oxford, in 1934, he joined the regimental reserve of the Grenadier Guards, his father's regiment.[3][2]
In 1959 Thorne married the physicist Anne Patricia Pery (daughter of Edmund Colquhoun Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick and Angela Olivia Trotter), with whom he had one son and three daughters.[4]
Career
editThorne crossed to France with the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards in 1939 to fight in the Second World War.[2] He was wounded at Comines, Nord, during the Allied retreat to Dunkirk.[2]
In 1976 he served as the 33rd Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons.[3] Thorne was a member of the Cavalry and Guards Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron.[1]
Thorne died on 16 March 2004, aged 89.[1]
Publications
edit- The Royal Mace in the House of Commons. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1990. ISBN 978-0-10-850628-4.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Thorne, Sir Peter (Francis)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c d "Sir Peter Thorne". The Times. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Sir Peter Thorne". The Daily Telegraph. 26 May 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Sir Peter Thorne". The Telegraph. 25 May 2004. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 March 2019.