Thornton, Claude Cyprian Bishop, Bristol, where he died Apr. 25, 1921. Father of Douglas M. (1892); brother of George R. (1864). (Inns of Court) Crock/ord; The Times, Apr. 27, 1921; Burke, L.G.) THORNTON, CLAUDE CYPRIAN. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 25, 1897- [3rd] s. of Henry Edward [J. P.], of 58, The Ropewalk, Nottingham (and Katherine Charlotte, dau. of Pascoe St Leger Grenfell, of Taplow House, Bucks.)- B. July 2, 1878, at Nottingham. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1897; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1904. Ord. deacon (Durham) 1902; priest, 1903; C. of Bishop Wearmouth, 1902-5. C. of St Matthew's, St Helens, Lanes., 1905-7. V. of Greasley, Notts., 1907-12. V. of St Matthias, Shef&eld, 1912-17- V. of St Oswald's, Abbeydale, Sheffield, 1917-18. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Sergeant, R.A.S.C. (Mechanical Transport)). C. of Woodside, Surrey, 1920-1- C. of Balham, 1921-3. V. of All Saints, South Lambeth, 1923-8. V. of St Matthew's, Surbiton, 1928-35. V. of Harrogate, 1935-7- Archdeacon of Richmond and Canon-Residentiary of Ripon, 1937-9- Married, Sept. 12, 1905, Alice May, 2nd dau. of Frederick Sillery Bishop, of Dee Hills Park, Chester. Died Sept. 22, 1939; buried at Ripon. (Winchester Coll. Reg.; Crockford; Univ. War List; The Times, Sept. 25, 1939; Who's Who.) THORNTON, DOUGLAS MONTAGU. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 7, 1892. S. of the Rev. Claude Cecil (1862), of High Cross vicarage, Herts. B. [Mar. 18], 1873, at Southwold, Suffolk. School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1892; B.A. 1895; Maitland prize, 1897; M.A. 1903. Ord. deacon (London for Col.) 1898; priest (Jerusalem) 1899. C.M.S. missionary at Cairo, 1898-1907. Author, Africa Waiting; joint Editor of Orient and Occident. Died Sept. 8, 1907, at Cairo. (Marl- borough Coll. Reg.; Crockford; The Times, Sept. ii, 1907.) THORNTON, EDWARD. Adm. sizar (age 18) at Pembroke, June 19, 1785. 2nd s. of WiUiam, vintner, of London. [B. Oct. 22, 1766. School, Christ's Hospital.] Matric. Michs. 1785; Scholar; B.A. (3rd Wrangler) 1789; Members' prize, 1790; M.A. 1798. Fellow, 1798. Tutor to the sons of Sir James Bland Burges, 1789. Secretary to the first Minister to the United States, 1791; British Vice-Consul in Maryland, 1793- 6; Secretary of Legation at Washington, 1 796-1 800; Acting Charge d'Afiaires there, 1800-4; Minister Plenipotentiary in Lower Saxony, 1805-7; Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Sweden, 1807-8. Negotiated treaties of aUiance with Sweden and Russia, 181 1. Envoy- Extraordinary in Denmark, 1812. Accompanied Prince Bemadotte of Sweden in the field, 1813-15, and present when the allies entered Paris. P.C, 1816. Envoy-Extraordinary to Brazil, 1817; Minister to Portugal, 1817; Ambassador, 1819-21; Envoy-Extraordinary in Portugal, 1823-4. Created Conde de Cassilhas by the King of Portugal, 1824. G.C.B., 1822. Retired, 1824., and resided at Wembury House, near Ply- mouth. Married, 1812, Wilhelmina Kohp, of Hanover. Died July 3, 1852. Father of George R. (1837) and the next. (Christ's Hospital Exhibitioners; Boase, iii. 959; D.N.B.) THORNTON, EDWARD. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Pembroke, Oct. 21, 1834. Eldest s. of Sir Edward (above), G.C.B., of Wembury House, Devon (and Wilhelmina Kohp). [B. July 13, 1817. From King's College, London.] Matric. Michs. 1836; Scholar; B.A. 1840; M.A. 1877. Hon. Fellow, 1888. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Jan. 11, 1842. Attach^ at Turin, 1842; in Mexico, 1845; Secretary of Legation there, 1853; Charg^ d'Affaires and Consul-General at Montevideo, 1854; Minister Plenipotentiary at Buenos Ayres, 1859-65; British Envoy at Rio de Janeiro, 1865-7; Minister at Washing- ton, 1867-80; Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1881-4; at Constantinople, 1884-6. Retired, 1887. C.B., 1863; K.C.B., 1870; P.C. 1871; G.C.B. 1883. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford; Hon. LL.D., Harvard. Succeeded his father as Conde de Cassilhas (Portugal), 1852. Married, Aug. 15, 1854, Mary, dau. of John Maitland, and widow of Andrew ]3abuigton Melville. Died Jan. 26, 1906, at his residence in Chelsea. Brother of George R. (1837) ; father of Edward (1874)- (Who was Who; D.N.B.) THORNTON, EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Caius, Mar. 27, 1868. S. of James, gent., of Theobald's, Herts. B. [Jan. 3], 1850, at Harlow. Schools, Bishop's Stortford and Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872; M.A. 1876. Ord. deacon (Bishop Anderson, for Durham) i873;priest, i874;C. of St Cuthbert's, Gateshead, 1873-5. C. of Whitburn, Durham, 1875-80. C. of ConiscUSe, 1880-1. C. of St Andrew's, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1881-4. C. of Gateshead Fell, 1884. V. of Ancroft, Northum- berland, 1885-1902. Resided latterly at Farnley Hill, Corbridge-on-Tyne. Died in 1912. {Rugby Sch. Reg.; Venn, II. 382; Crockford.) Thornton, Francis John THORNTON, EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Feb. 28, 1874- [Only] s. of Sir Edward (1834), Minister at Washington. B. June 19, 1856, at Montevideo, South America. School, Sydenham, Kent. Matric. Michs. 1874; B.A. 1878. Entered the Diplomatic Service as Attach^, 1879; Secretary of Legation, Buenos Ayres, 1894-8; at Lisbon, 1899-1902. Minister Plenipotentiary in Central America, 1902-4. Married, June 25, 1889, Emma Jessie, dau. of Phihp Rawson, Esq., D.L., of Woodhurst, Sussex, and had issue. Died Aug. 26, 1904, at Managua, Nicaragua. (Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Times, Aug. 31, 1904.) THORNTON, EDWARD. Adm. pens, at Christ's, June 19, 1880. S. of Edward. B. [July 2, 1862], at Little Pitchford, Salop. School, Shrewsbury. Matric. Michs. 1880; B.A. 1884; M.B. and B.Chir. 1889. At St Mary's Hospital; House Surgeon and House Physician there. L.S.A.; M.R.C.S., 1885. Practised at Shipley, Yorks. Of Belmont, Shipley. Disappears from Medical Directories, 1940. (Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; Peile, 11. 675.) THORNTON, EDWARD LABOUCHERE RUTHVEN. Adm. at King's, Oct. 5, 1889. S. of the Rev. George Ruthven (1864), V. of St Barnabas, Kensington. B. July 10, 1870. School, Marlborough College. Matric. Michs. 1889; exhibitioner. Joined the I.C.S., 1891 ; Collector and Assistant Magistrate in Madras, 1891-1905; Collector and District Magistrate at Madura, 1905; District Judge at Trichinopoly, 1907. Retired from I.C.S., 1916. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1910. Practised in Calcutta, Madras and before the Privy Council, 1916-26. At Westcott House, Cambridge, 1926. Ord. deacon (Winchester) 1926; priest, 1927; C. of Brockenhurst, Hants., 1926-8. V. of Walton D'Eivile, Warws., 1928-31. R. of Parracombe, Devon, 1931-5. R. of Wickham, Hants., 1935- 42. Married, 1919, Eileen Muriel Balfour. Died Oct. 12, 1942, at Winchester; buried at Wickham. Brother of Arthur R. (1895). (Marlborough Coll. Reg.; Law Lists; Crockford; King's Coll. Reg.; The Times, Oct. 14, 1942.) THORNTON, ERNEST WINDHAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 13, 1893. S. of John Knowsley, of HUdersham Hall, Cambs. B. [Sept. 17], 1874, at 81, Park Street, London. School, WeUington College. Matric. Michs. 1893. (Wellington Coll. Reg., which gives 'Wyndham.') THORNTON, FALKLAND SAMUEL. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Nov. 25, 1858. [Only] s. of Samuel, of Birmingham (and Deborah, dau. of John Carey, of Monkspath Hall, Warws.). B. Feb. 16, 1840, in Birmingham. School, Middlesex (private). Matric. Michs. 1859; B.A. 1863; M.A. 1866. Married, 1863, Emma, only child of Robert Rawlinson, Esq. C.E., of West Brompton, London. (Walford, County Families.) THORNTON, FRANCIS CHOLMONDELEY. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Oct. 31, 1868. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Francis Vansittart (1833), of South HUl, CaUington, Cornwall. [B. Feb. 28, 1850, in London.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1869; B.A. 1873. Married, 1877, Anna, dau. of — Favre, and had issue, two daughters. Died Jan. 5, 1927, at Los Angeles. Brother of Augustus V. (1869) and Herbert P. (1874). (Burke, L.G.; not in Eton Coll. Reg.; The Times, Feb. 26, 1927; Sir W. Sterry.) THORNTON, FRANCIS HUGH. Adm. at King's, Oct. 11, 1872. [3rd] s. of the Rev. William (1824), of Brockhall and of Kingsthorpe HaU, Northants. B. Oct. 8, 1853. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1872; LL.B. 1876. Adm. at the Inner Temple, May 1, 1875. Called to the Bar, 1878. On the Midland Circuit. Of Kingsthorpe Hall, Northants. Alderman of Northants. C.C. ; Mayor of Daventry three times. J. P. for Northants. Breeder of pedigree dairy shorthorns. Married (i) Aug. 19, 1886, Adelaide Ethel, dau. of William Burchell, and had issue; (2) July 25, 1929, Betty Buxton, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Lee Danby Buxton Cogan, of Northampton, and had further issue. Died Dec. 19, 1937- Brother of Thomas W. (1867). (Harrow Sch. Reg.; King's Coll. Reg., 81; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Burke, L.G.; Foster, Men at the Bar; The Times, Dec. 21, I937-) THORNTON, FRANCIS JOHN. Adm. at Caius, Oct. 2, 1899. S. of John, woollen-manufacturer, of Castle Hill House, Rastrick, Brighouse, Yorks. B. there, June 28, 1880. School, Giggleswick. Matric. Michs. 1899; Scholar, 1900; B.A. 1902; M.B., B.Chir. and M..\. 1906. Also at Edinburgh University. Assistant House Surgeon, Leicester Infirmary; Senior House Physician, Wolverhampton and Staffs. General Hospital. Practised at Bacup, Lanes. Served in the Great War, 1914- 19 (Lieut., R.A.M.C; in Egypt and Palestine, 1917-18). Practised subsequently at Polperro, Cornwall, and at Salt- dean, Brighton, 1940-9-. (Giggleswick Sch. Reg.; Venn, iii. 400; Medical Directories.) 176