Peter Thorne

Sir Peter Francis Thorne, (6 August 1914 – 16 March 2004) was a British Army officer.

Family and education Thorne was the son of General Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne and the Hon. Margaret Douglas-Pennant (daughter of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn). His cousin was the courtier Dame Frances Campbell-Preston.

Thorne was educated at Eton College before attending Trinity College, Oxford.

Career Thorne crossed to France with the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards in 1939 to fight in the Second World War. He was wounded at Comines, Nord, during the Allied retreat to Dunkirk. He retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1946.

Two years later he joined the staff of the House of Commons as Assistant Serjeant at Arms, being promoted to Deputy Serjeant in 1956. In 1976 he went on to serve as the 33rd Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons.

Thorne was a member of the Cavalry and Guards Club and the Royal Yacht Squadron. He died on 16 March 2004, aged 89.

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