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THORNYCROFT, GIDEON, third son of Col. Edward Thornycroft, and Mary, dau. of Sir William Lawne, Kt, Sharsted, near Faversham, Kent; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 20 Dec 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Jan 1718/9; of Sharsted, Kent; d. 1742 (will proved PCC 10 May 1742).

THORNTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 15) May 1740 (Playford's); left 1742. [Perhaps son of John Thornton, Hamburg, Germany, University Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Feb 1742/3, aged 17]

THORNTON, WILLIAM, brother of Godfrey Thornton (qv); b. 2 Apr 1808; adm. 3 Jun 1822 (Best's); Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 8 Apr 1826; Lieut. and Capt., 3 Dec 1830; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 8 Jun 1841; Brevet Col., 11 Nov 1851; retd. 16 Sep 1856; m. 1836 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Vigne, Woodford, Essex; d. 8 Apr 1865.

THORNTON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elercted head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1619, adm. scholar 1620, matr. Mich. 1619; BA 1623/4; MA 1627 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1627); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1624.

THORNTON, THOMAS, third son of Henry Thornton, Northend, Fulham, Middlesex, and Margaret Laughton, Uxbridge, Middlesex; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1595, matr. 27 Dec 1595, aged 18, Westminster Student to death; BA 1599; MA 1602; d. 17 Aug 1613. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

THORNTON, STEPHEN EDWARD, brother of Godfrey Thornton (qv); b. 13 Nov 1799; adm. 7 May 1810; m. 15 Sep 1829 Julia Anne Frances, second dau. of John Campbell, Blunham, Beds.; d. 1 Feb 1857.

THORNTON, ROBERT GIDLEY, son of Ven. Robinson Thornton DD, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Vicar of St. John’s, Notting Hill, London, and Elizabeth, sister of Bartholomew Charles Gidley (qv); b. 20 Jul 1868; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H & J); left Jul 1887; Keble Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1887; BA 1892; MA 1895; Head Master, Hill Brow School, Eastbourne, Sussex 1907-.

THORNTON, GODFREY, son of Stephen Thornton, Moggerhanger House, Beds., director Bank of England, and Mary, sister of Charles Littledale (qv); b. 9 Nov 1795; adm. 20 Jan 1807; left 1812; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Aug 1812, matr. 1813; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 20 Jan 1814; Lieut. and Capt., 11 Oct 1821; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3 Dec 1830; Brevet Col., 9 Nov 1846; Maj., 1st Foot Guards 6 Aug 1847; Lieut. -Col., 6 Jul 1852; retd. 13 Sep 1853; m. 1st, 8 Jul 1821 his cousin Susanna, dau. of John Dixon, Cecil Lodge, Herts.; m. 2nd, Sophia, dau. of Brice Pearse, Woodford, Essex; d. 8 Mar 1857.

THORNTON, GEORGE, brother of Godfrey Thornton (qv); b. 25 Dec 1803; adm. 16 Apr 1817 (Packharness'); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Oct 1821; BA 1826; MA 1829; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1829; Vicar of Sharnbrook, Beds., from 1844; d. 22 Oct 1876.