Thrale/Thrall history

Royal and aristocratic connections


Three English Kings are known to be connected to the family.

Royal connections

Henry VII (1457--1509)

The closest relationship is with King Henry VII (1457-1509).



King of England Henry, VII, painted c. 1475..

He was Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury's 8th great-grandfather… 

King Edward I (1239-1307)

King Edward I (1239-1307) was the 15th great-grandfather of Sophia Thrale’s husband John Meredith Mostyn 1775-1807.



King Edward I (1239-1307).

Henry III (1207-1272)

King Henry III (1207-1272) was the 16th great-grandfather of Sophia Thrale’s husband’s husband John Meredith Mostyn 1775-1807.



King Henry III (1207-1272).

Aristocracy

Viscount George Keith of Elphinstone ()1746-1823)

Hester Maria (Queeney) Thrale married Viscount George Keith of Elphinstone on 10 January 1808. She was his second wife. They had one child, a daughter the Honourable Georgina Augusta Henrietta Keith, who had no children.



Admiral George Keith Elphinstone by George Sanders, c. 1825..

Georgina Augusta Henrietta Keith (1809-1892)

Georgina Augusta Henrietta Keith was married twice:
  1. Honourable Augustus John Villiers (1810–1847), son of the 5th Earl of Jersey, and
  2. Lord William Godolphin Osborne, brother of the 8th Duke of Leeds.

Anne Halsey (died 1760)

A cousin of Ralph Thrale (1664-1711) of Offley, Anne Halsey married Sir Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham.

Lady Mary Thrale (1733-1802)

Mary Thrale (Mr. Thrale’s sister) married Sir John Lade M.P. (died 1759).