Compton-Thornhill Baronets
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The Thornhill, later Compton-Thornhill Baronetcy, of Riddlesworth Hall in the Parish of Riddlesworth in the County of Norfolk and of Pakenham Lodge in the Parish of Pakenham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 August 1885 for Thomas Thornhill, Conservative
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. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Compton in 1902. The title became extinct on his death in 1949.

Thornhill, later Compton-Thornhill Baronets, of Riddlesworth Hall and of Pakenham Lodge (1885)

  • Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet (1837–1900)
  • Sir Anthony John Compton-Thornhill, 2nd Baronet (1868–1949)
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