Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet.

About Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet

The Reverend Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet Thompson of Virkees was the third son of Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet, and Jane Selby. He succeeded to the baronetcy after his eldest brother the 2nd Baronet died without issue in 1826. On 26 February 1826 he married Hannah Jean Grey, third daughter of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, of Falloden, KCB, Commissioner at Portsmouth Dockyard, and Mary Whitbread, daughter of Samuel Whitbread. Sir George Grey was the third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, and younger brother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.