Thornton, John THORNTON, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Mar. 14, 1862. S. of John, of Feltham, Middlesex [and Hungerford, Berks.] (and Harriet. Sarah, dau. of Bishop Heber). B. Dec. 7, 1843, at Agra, India. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1862; B.A. 1866; M.A. 1877. Ord. deacon (Exeter) 1866; priest (London) 1867. Chaplain to Lord Skelmersdale at Lathom Park, Lanes., 1871-5. V. of Marbury, Cheshire, 1875-9- R- of Yockleton, Salop, 1879-89- V. of EweU, Surrey, 1889-1901. V. of Hawkley, Hants., 1902-4. Married, Dec. 22, 1868, Agnes Mary, dau. of George Paton, M.D., Bengal M.S. Author, Catechism on the Church Catechism; Order of Morning and Evening Prayer, etc. Lived latterly at Betchworth, Surrey, where he died May 8, 1918. Father of George L. (1890), Leslie H. (1893) and the next; brother of Charles C. (1870). (Rugby Sch. Reg. ; Crockford; Burke, L.G. ; The Times, May 10, 1918.) THORNTON, JOHN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 5, 1889., [Eldest] s. of the Rev. John (above), of Ewell vicarage, Surrey. B. Dec. 16, 1870, at Feltham, Middlesex. School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 18S9; B.A. 1892; M.A. 1900. Land-agent to the Earl of Orford; and later to Lord Lilford. Of Pilton Hall, Northants. Married, Apr. 14, 1896, Constance Lilian, dau. of Sir Richard Dancy Green-Price, Bart., and had issue. Killed in the hunting-field, Jan. 18, 1906. Brother of George L. (1890) and Leslie H. (1893). {Shrewsbury Sch. Reg. ; Burke, L.G.) THORNTON, JOHN BIGGE. Adm. pens, at Trinity Hall, July 31, 1762. [S. of Laurence Erich, of Herts. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1763; Scholar, 1764; LL.B. 1780. Fellow, 1779-80. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Mar. 4, 1764. Died Jan. 1780. 6, [Eton Coll. Reg.; Inns of Court.) THORNTON, JOSEPH MIDGLEY (1879), see THORNTON, JOE. THORNTON, LESLIE HEBER. Matric. Non-Coil., May 5, 1893. [3rd s. of the Rev. John (1862), of Betchworth (and Agnes Mary, dau. of George Paton, M.D.). B. Dec. 21, 1873- School, Marlborough College.] Hon. M.A., 191 1. Subsequently a member of Caius. Second Lieut., the Rifle Brigade, 1895 ; Lieut., 1897; Capt., 1901. Served in the Tochi Valley expedition, 1897-8; in the South African War, 1898-1901. Adjutant of the University O.T.C., 1908-14. Director of Military Studies, 1920-4. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, 1918; Lieut.-Col., 1918; CoL; D.S.O., 1916; C.M.G.; mentioned twice in despatches). Married, Oct. 4, 1904, Alice Kathleen, dau. of Lieut.-Col. James B. Boncaster, and had issue. Keenly interested in fishing — hence his wartime name of 'Piscator.' Author, Campaigns Grave and Gay; Light and Shade; Bygone India; (part author) Memoir of the Congreves, Father and Son. Latterly of Trunk House, Cove, Surrey. Died Jan. 5, 1937. Brother of John (1889) and George L. (1890). (Burke, L.G.; The Times, Jan. 7, 1937.) THORNTON, PERCY MELVILLE. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, May 21, i860. [2nd] s. of Rear-Admiral Samuel, of Blackheath Park, London (and Emily Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. John Rice). B. Dec. 29, 1841, in London. School, Harrow. Migrated to Jesus, Nov. 9, i860. Matric. Michs. i860; LL.B. 1865; LL.M. 1909. Started the athletic contests with Oxford; first Secretary of the Inter-University sports. Inspired the boat-race near Ghent, 1911, between eight Jesus College oarsmen and a Belgian crew. Hon. Sec. of the Middlesex County Cricket Club for many years. M.P. for the Clapham division of Battersea, 1892-1910. Married, Sept. 25, 1877, his cousin, Florence Emily, 3rd dau. of Henry Sykes Thornton (1818). Author, Foreign Secretaries of the Nineteenth Century; The Stuart Dynasty; Some Things we have Remembered; Continental Rulers of the Nineteenth Century; Harrow School and its Surroundings, etc. Died Jan. 8, 1918, in London. (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G.; Who was Who; Memoirs ofH. A. Morgan, 289-91; The Times, Jan. 9, 1918.) THORNTON, PHILIP. Adm. pens, at Sidney, Apr. 3, 1800. 5th s. of Thomas Lee, of BrockhaU, Northants. (and Mary, dau. of William Reeve, of Melton Mowbray, Leics.). B. May 9, 1782, at Leicester. Schools, Brampton (Mr Slade) and Uppingham (Mr Jackson). Matric. Lent, 1801; B.A. 1804; M.A. 1807. Adm. at Clare, Mar. 7, 1818. Adm. ad eundem, at Oxford, 1826. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1805; priest, 1806; C. of BrockhaO, Northants., 1805-6; R. there, 1806-69. Hon. Canon of Peterborough, 1844-69. Died, unmarried, July 9, 1869. Brother of Thomas R. (1792) and John (1792). (Al. Oxon.; Crockford; Northants. Clergy; Burke, L.G.) THORNTON, REGINALD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 28, 1840. [4th] s. of John (1799), of Clapham (and Eliza, dau. of Edward Parry). B. Dec. 17, 1822. Bapt. Jan. 23, 1822, at St Stephen's, Coleman Street, London. School, Rugbjr. Matric. Michs. 1840. Entered the East India Co.'s Civil Thornton, Spencer Service; at Haileybury College, 1842-3. Joined the H.E.I.C.S., 1844; in the North West Provinces; Joint Magistrate and Collector, at Farruldiabad, 1848-9; Assistant Secretary and Accountant, 1849; Joint Magistrate and Collector at Hissar, 1852-5; Registrar, N.W.P., 1853-6; retired, 1859. Became a banker at Dorchester. Of Birkin House, Dorset. J. P. for Dorset. Married, Oct. 10, 1849, Louisa Frances Mary, elder dau. of Sir Henry Lushington, 3rd Bart., and had issue. Died Aug. 29, 1895. Brother of Francis V. (1833) and William H. (1849). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; V. Hodson; J. Rennie; Camb. Ind. Press, Sept. 6, 1895.) THORNTON, RICHARD. Adm. pens, at St John's, July 5, 1848. S. of Charles Wilson, of Castle Terrace, Nottingham (and Sarah). B. at St Nicholas, Nottingham. Bapt. Aug. 20, 1829. Matric. Michs. 1848; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1855. Ord. deacon (Lichfield) 1852; priest, 1853; C. of Norton-le-Moors, Staffs., 1852-7. Died Mar. 29, i860, at Edwalton, Notts. (Clergy List; G. Mag., i860, i. 523; The Guardian, Apr. 11, i860.) THORNTON, ROBERT. Adm. pens, at Clare, May 20, 1784- [2nd s. of William, Major-General (and Mary, dau. of the Ven. David Trimnell, D.D., Archdeacon of Leicester).] Matric. Michs. 1784; B.A. 1788; M.A. 1791- Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1789; priest, 1789; C. of Ravensthorpe, Northants., 1789-90. V. of Cold Ashby, 1790-1822. V. of Weedon-Bec, 1790-1822. Died, unmarried, Oct. 15, 1822, aged 56; buried at Brockhall, Northants. (the family seat). (Burke, L.G.; Northants. Clergy; J. C. Smith, British Mezzotint Portraits, 208.) THORNTON, ROBERT HILL. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Nov. 23, 1895. S. of the Rev. R. M., D.D., of 79, Carleton Road, TufneU Park, London, N. B. Feb. 5, 1877, at Glasgow. School, City of London. Matric. Michs. 1896; Scholar; prizeman, 1897; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1906. At Westminster College, Cambridge. Assistant Minister at Marylebone Presbyterian Church, 1902-3; Minister at Harrow, 1903-10; at Whitley Bay, 1910-20; at St George's and St Peter's, Glasgow, 1921-38-. Married, 1907, Margaret Goldie, dau. of the Rev. W. M. MacphaU. Of 61, Hamilton Drive, Glasgow, in 1946. Died Sept. 7, i953' {T.A. Walker, 637; F. P. White; Scottish Biogs.) THORNTON, ROBERT JOHN. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, June 23, 1786. [Younger] s. of Bonnell (Christ Church, Oxford, 1743), of London (and Sylvia, dau. of John Brath- waite). School, Chesterton, Cambridge. Matric. Michs. 1786; M.B. 1793. At Guy's Hospital; also studied abroad and in Edinburgh. M.D., St Andrews, 1805; L.R.C.P., 1812. Practised in London from 1797. Physician, Marylebone dispensary, where he is said to have introduced the use of digitalis in cases of scarlet fever. Lecturer on medical botany at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals. Published his New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus, and ruined himself by the lavish scale on which the work was produced. Held a lottery for the benefit of his botanical works, 1811. Married and had issue. Author, The Politician's Creed; The Temple of Flora; The Philosophy of Medicine; Facts 'decisive in Favour of the Cow Pock, etc. Died Jan. 21, 1837, in London. Brother of BonneU G. (1783)- (D.N.B.) THORNTON, ROBERT LAWRENCE. Adm. pens, at Trinity, May 23, 1884. [Only] s. of Robert [J. P., D.L.], of High Cross, Framfield, Hawkhurst, Kent, (and Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Edward Coveney Metcalfe). B. [Sept. 17], 1865, in London. School [Cheam and] Eton. Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. 1887; M.A. 1891. Major, 3rd Batt., the Royal Sussex Regt. (T.), 1883-1900. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Jan. 23, 1895. Called totheBar, Apr. 25,1888. Of High Cross, Framfield. J.P. and D.L. for Sussex. High Sheriflf of Sussex, 1900-1, Chairman of the County Council, 1913-16. Chairman, East Sussex Joint Standing Committee, 1914. Deputy Chairman, East Sussex Quarter Sessions. C.B.E., 1920. Married, Aug. 14, 1890, Charlotte, youngest dau. of the Rev. William Raynes, FeUow of Clare, and had issue. Died Mar. 19, 1947, at High Cross, Framfield. (Eton Sch. Lists; Army Lists; Who's Who; Burke, L.G.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; The Times, Mar. 20, 1947.) THORNTON, SPENCER. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, May 7, 1832. S. of Claude George [of Marden Hill, Hertford] (and Frances Anne, dau. of Samuel Smith, of Woodhall). B. at Marden Hill, Oct. 12, 1814. School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1832; B.A. 1836; M.A. 1839. V. of Wendover, Bucks., 1837- 50. Married, Sept. 7, 1839, Caroline Adelaide, 7th dau. of James du Pr6, Esq., of Stone Dean Park, Bucks. Died Jan. 12, 1850, suddenly, when walking in New North Road, City Road. M.I. in Blunham Church, Beds. Father of Claude C. (1862) and George R. (1864). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Foster, Index Eccles.; Burke, L.G.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1850, i. 332.) 178