Richard William Thrale

Posted 20 September 2009 - 9:34pm by David Thrale

All Thrale's owe Richard a debt of gratitude for the authoritative work that he has done to document our history. 

Thrale family history chronicles

Year of publication Publication
1952 Co-author of Historic Sandridge, which included a chapter on Thrale family history.
1973 Richard's first solo book A New Thraliana about Thrale family history
2005 Richard's final book A Newer Thraliana.

Sandridgebury

Richard bought, saved from demolition and refurbished Sandridgebury.

Death

Richard died aged 76 on 28 October 2007. Two obituaries were published. The first obituary was in the Herts Advertiser on 8 November 2007. The second obituary, which was more of an article on Thrale history, was published in the St Albans and Harpenden Review on 28 November 2007.

Richard William Thrale obituary: Herts Advertiser 8 Nov. 2007Richard William Thrale obituary: Herts Advertiser 8 Nov. 2007
 
Enthralling tales of the Thrales: St Albans & Harpenden Review on 28 Nov 2007 part 1Enthralling tales of the Thrales: St Albans & Harpenden Review on 28 Nov 2007 part 1Enthralling tales of the Thrales: St Albans & Harpenden Review on 28 Nov 2007 part 2Enthralling tales of the Thrales: St Albans & Harpenden Review on 28 Nov 2007 part 2

Family tree for Richard William Thrale.
There are three books referred to as Thraliana:
  1. Thraliana, the 1776-1818 diary of Hester Lynch Thrale;
  2. A New Thraliana, the 1973 first family history of the Thrale family by Richard William Thrale; and
  3. A Newer Thraliana, the 2005 second family history of the Thrale family by Richard William Thrale.
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