Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet

Who was Sir Henry Thompson, 3rd Baronet?

The Revd. 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.

Sir Henry and Hannah Jean Grey had one daughter, Hannah Jane Thompson born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, but his wife died shortly after childbirth. His daughter married Henry Thomas Murdoch Kirby, vicar of Mayfield, Sussex in 1847 at Frant, Sussex. One of their twelve children was Admiral Francis George Kirby Captain of HMS Phaeton.

In October 1835 Sir Henry married Miss Emily Frances Anne Leeke daughter of Ralph Leeke of Longford Hall, Shifnal, Shropshire, in Brighton. They had children—Frances Anna, Henry Charles, Ralph Harvey and Caroline Eleanor.