Arthur John Thornhill (3 April 1850 – 4 June 1930) [1] was an English Conservative Party politician from Diddington Hall, Buckden, [2] in Huntingdonshire.
Hicks was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire at a by-election in March 1884 following the elevation to the peerage of Henry Brand. [3] He held the seat until the constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. [4]
He was nominated as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1889, [5] and nominated again in 1892 [6] after which he was appointed to the office in 1893. [2]