John Gale Dalton Thring (1784–1874), the Rector of Alford and later rural Dean for Cary.

[1] Thring was appointed First Parliamentary Counsel when that office was established in 1869, a position he held until 1886.

[8] Thring was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1872,[9] and promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1873.

[10] In 1886, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thring, of Alderhurst in the County of Surrey.

[4] Together, they were the parents of one daughter:[1] Lord Thring, who lived at 5 Queen's Gate Gardens, SW, died in February 1907, aged 88.