Thrale/Thrall history
Baronet Sir John Lade
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Name John Lade Prefix Baronet Sir Birth 1 Aug 1759 [1, 2, 3] Gender Male Note 1775 Samuel Johnson wrote some verses on the new Sir John's coming of age, remarking on his extravagance which his life as a friend of the Prince Regent eroded most of his inherited fortune. Physical Description 1778 Sir John Lade, 1778.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds.Note 8 Aug 1780 Ode to Sir John Lade (younger) by Samuel Johnson on His Coming of Age ‘A short song of congratulation’ Long-expected one and twenty
Lingering year at last is flown
Pomp and pleasure, pride and plenty
Great Sir John, are all your own.
Loosened from the minor’s tether,
Free to mortgage or to sell,
Wild as wind, and light as feather,
Bid the slaves of thrift farewell.
Call the Bettys, Kates, and Jennys
Every name that laughs at care,
Lavish of your grandsire’s guineas,
Show the spirit of an heir.
All that prey on vice and folly
Joy to see their quarry fly,
Here the gamester light and jolly,
There the lender grave and sly.
Wealth, Sir John, was made to wander,
Let it wander as it will;
See the jockey, see the pander,
Bid them come, and take their fill.
When the bonny blade carouses,
Pockets full, and spirits high,
What are acres?
What are houses?
Only dirt, or wet or dry.
If the guardian or the mother
Tell the woes of wilful waste,
Scorn their counsel and their pother
You can hang or drown at last.Death Abt 1838 [4] Notes - He was made the ward of his uncle Henry Thrale 1724-1781 and become one of the notorious rakes of the Prince of Wales' circle, going through his own fortune and his mother's, which he inherited in 1802.
He landed in King's Bench prison in 1813, whence Lady Keith (Queeney Thrale) tried to rescue him by appealing, in vain, to his former patron, the Prince Regent.
. - Thanks to Sue Atkinson for her contributions.
Person ID I604 UK Thrale family Last Modified 25 Jul 2024
Father Baronet Sir John Lade, M.P., b. Abt 1690 d. 21 Apr 1759 (Age 69 years) Mother Lady Mary Thrale, b. 1733, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England d. 1802, Saint Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
(Age 69 years)
Marriage 27 May 1756 Family ID F49 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lady Letitia Derby d. 1825 Marriage Abt 1787 Family ID F291 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Feb 2004
- He was made the ward of his uncle Henry Thrale 1724-1781 and become one of the notorious rakes of the Prince of Wales' circle, going through his own fortune and his mother's, which he inherited in 1802.
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Histories Henry Thrale's parliamentary career
His political view, electoral addresses and results.
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Sources - [S10] Edited by Donald Greene, Complete works of Samuel Johnson, (1984).
- [S16] Gentleman's Magazine, xxix. 194; Ixxii. 376 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2] Richard William Thrale, A New Thraliana, (Falconer Press, St Albans.), 69 (Reliability: 3).
- [S40] Katherine C Balderston, Thraliana, (Oxford University Press 1951).
- [S10] Edited by Donald Greene, Complete works of Samuel Johnson, (1984).