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 DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 467 Thicknesse-Touchet, surname of the daughters and surviving bro- ther of the late Baron Audley. Thirlestane, Baron, title borne by the Earl of Lauderdale. Thomson, surname of the Archbishop of York. Thurles, Viscount, title borne by the Marquess of Ormonde. THDRLOW, BARON. (HOVELL-THURLOW-CUMMING-BRUCE.) THOMAS JOHN HOVELL-THURLOW-CUM- ING-BRUCE, 5th Baron. Born Dec. 5th, 1838; succeeded his brother 1874. En- tered the Diplomatic Service 1858; ap- pointed Attache at Paris 1859, and 2nd Attache to the Earl of Elgin's Special Mission to China 18601. Was at the capture of Taku forts, and throughout the military operations up to the taking of Pekin; received the thanks of Govern- _ ment and the China medal. Returned to Fidelity is the sister of Justice. the Embassy at Paris, 1861 ; was Private Secretary to the Earl of Elgin when Viceroy of India 1862 3 ; appointed Attache at Turin 1864, in which year he was temporarily attached to Vienna, and also appointed a third Secretary in the Diplomatic Service ; transferred to Stuttgardt, and also to Washing- ton 1865; was Private Secretary to the late Sir Frederick Bruce 1865 6; appointed second Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and trans- ferred to the Hague 1866, retired from the service 1870. Is a Magistrate and a Dep. Lieut, for the counties of Stirling, Moray and Suffolk. As- sumed, in 1873, the name of Bruce, in right of his wife, as heiress and representative of James Bruce, of Kinnaird, the celebrated Abyssinian traveller ; and in 1874 assumed, by Royal warrant, the additional surname of Cumming. Married (1864) Lady Elma Bruce, daughter of the 8th Earl of Elgin, K.T., by his first wife, the only child of Major Cumming Bruce, M.P., and has issue, living, Son*, James Frederick, b. 1867. Charles Edward, b. 1869. Henry Nigel, b. 1875. Daughters, Mary Elma, b. 18/1. Alice Margaret, b. 1873. Patron of one living, Great Ashfield, V. Suffolk. Creation, Baron Thurlow of Thurlow, in the peerage of Great Britain, 1792. , Quarterly : 1st, or, a saltire gules, on a chief of the last in the sinister canton a mullet of the first, charged with a crescent of the second, and for distinction a cross crosslet gold, Bruce ; 2nd, azure, three garhs or, and for distinction in the centre chief point a cross crosslet of the last, Cumming; 3rd, argent, upon a chevron between two chevronels sable, three portcullises, with chains and rings of the field, Thurlow ; 4th, or, a cross sable , Hovell. Crests, 1st, upon a cap of maintenance proper, a dexter arm in armour from the shoulder, resting on the elbow also proper, the hand holding a sceptre erect or, the arm cha-ged for distinction with a cross crosslet gules, Bruce; 2nd, a lion rampant or, holding in the dexter paw a dagger proper, charged on the shoulder for distinction with a cress crosslet azure, Cumming; 3rd, a raven proper, with a portcullis hung round her neck argent, Thurlow; 4th, a greyhound couchant or, collared and line reflexed over the back sable, Hovell. Supporters, Two greyhounds or, collared and lined sable. .S^v, Dunphail, N.B. ; Kinnaird, Larbert, N.B. : Ashfield, Ixworth, Suffolk. Town Residence, 4, Seamore Place, Park Lane, W. Club, Travellers'. THTJBLOW, Baron, His lordship's predecessor was his brother, Edward Thomas Hovell-Thurlow, 4th Baron. He was b. Oct. 26, 1837, and succeeded his father 1867. Was a Dep. Lieut, and a Magistrate for Suffolk. He d. unmarried 1874.