Richard William Thrale

• Gender	Male
  Person ID	I197	UK Thrale family
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	William Thrale,   b. 1 Jul 1900-30 Sep 1900, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England ,   d. 1977, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Vera Joyce Phillipson,   b. 27 Jan 1903, London, England ,   d. Jan 1984, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1 Jul 1926-30 Sep 1926	St Albans, Hertfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  	Agency: Trinity Church
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Odile Isabelle Hoechstetter
  Children	+ 1. Christopher Thrale + 2. Lynn Thrale + 3. Gregory Thrale
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2004
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		The Thrale's Broad Arrow Iron
  		Sandridgebury 2013 Property sold for £1,650,000
  		Entrance gates, Sandridgebury Entrance gate on the lane leading to Sandridgebury Farm, though not the entrance to the farm.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Obituary published in Herts Advertiser aimee.brannen@hertsad.co.uk A DESCENDANT of one of the oldest St Albans families, who devoted half-a-century to the city and its people has died aged 76. Richard William Thrale, whose ancestors are known to have resided in St Albans since 1480, died on October 28. His family were bakers and cater­ers and restaurateurs, with the business hub being the Waterend Barn in the city centre which they operated for 25 years. Mr Thrale was educated at St Albans School and began his National Service in 1950, after which he trained in hospitality at Switzerland's Hotel School (Ecole Hoteliere) in Lausanne where he met his future wife, Odile. He returned to St Albans after completing his studies and began work with the family business, which also operated a Café in Market Place and shops at The Quadrant in London Road and in Potters Bar. COMMUNITY Mr Thrale contributed enor­mously to the city's community and the environment and in 1971 a group was formed under his chair­manship to fight the Luton Airport expansion. He also became chairman and later president of the Ver Valley Society during which time he cam­paigned against companies abstract­ing water from the River Ver. Mr Thrale played rugby with the Old Albanians in his earlier years and later became president of the Old Albanian Club. He was also appointed to the Board of Governors at St Albans School and became chairman. He worked as the chairman of trustees at Glenalmond elderly care home in King Harry Lane, where he was committed to improving facilities. He carried out further charity work through his membership of the Rotary Club. Another interest was history and he wrote three books entitled Historic Sandridge, A New Thraliana and A Newer Thraliana. With his wife, Mr Thrale bought a run-down farmhouse in rural France in 1963 which he worked to restore. He is survived by Odile, two sons, a daughter and six grandchil­dren.
  		Tribute to Richard W Thrale in local paper after his death - part 1
  		Tribute to Richard W Thrale in local paper after his death - part 2
  		Historic Sandridge. The story of a Hertfordshire parish
  		A Newer Thraliana by Richard Thrale in 2005.
  		A new Thraliana - a chronicle of the Thrale family of Hertfordshire. 1952. By Richard William Thrale.

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2] A New Thraliana, Richard William Thrale, ((St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, Falconer Press, 1973)), page 121 (Reliability: 3). [S67] Barbara Debney, Sept qtr 1926 St Albans 3a 2288 (Reliability: 3).