THORNE, GABRIEL, son of Gabriel Thorne, Leatherhead, Surrey; b. London; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1713; QS 1714; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1718, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1718, scholar 11 Jul 1719, matr. 1719; BA 1721/2; MA 1732; ordained deacon (Norwich) 18 Feb 1721/2, priest (Chichester) 23 Dec 1722; Vicar of Ninfield, Sussex, from 11 Jul 1730; m. 1 Dec 1730 Mary Cruttenden, Burwash, Sussex; buried Burwash, Sussex 28 Jan 1768.

THORNE, FREDERICK GORDON, brother of Benjamin Richard Thorne (qv); b. 27 Mar 1866; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (A); left Dec 1883; brewer, firm Thorne Bros, Nine Elms, Surrey; served 1914-8 war; Capt., 6th batt., Norfolk Regt. (TF) 1 Jun 1916; demob. as Maj., Apr 1919; m. 18 Jan 1893 Mabel Martha, dau. of John Ord, Overwhitton, Roxburghshire.

THORNE, EVERARD GODWIN, brother of Benjamin Richard Thorne (qv); b. 4 Jun 1860; adm. 30 May 1872; QS 1875; left May 1879; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 May 1879; LLB 1883; LLM 1886; adm. solicitor Mar 1886, firm Biddle Thorne Welsford and Sedgwick, Aldermanbury, London; d. 7 Oct 1924.

THORNDYKE, FRANCIS, eldest son of Paul Thorndyke, Sausthorpe, Lincs., and Elizabeth, widow of Adlard Welby, Gedney, Lincs., and dau. of Richard Brooke; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1655, matr. Mich. 1656.

THORNBURGH, GILES, of Wiltshire; b.; adm.; KS 1668; failed to obtain election to either University 1670; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1670, aged 18, Matthews Scholar 25 Jun 1670, matr. 1670; BA 1673/4; MA 1677 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1680); Fellow, Peterhouse 1675-85; ordained; Vicar of Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge 1677. [Perhaps son of Rev. Giles Thornburgh, Rector of St. Nicholas, Guildford, Surrey, whom he succeeded as Vicar there 1679; perhaps Prebendary of Salisbury from 13 Aug 1677; perhaps Prebendary of Winchester 5 Mar 1685 to d. between 25 Nov and 22 Dec 1687].

Thoresby-Jones, Percy, eldest son of James Thoresby-Jones, M.D., M.R.C.S., of Maida Vale, by Janet, daughter of James Simpson, of Colleonard, Banff; b. July 6, 1878; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (H); exhibitioner 1892; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1897, matric. Oct. 1897; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1899; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1901; B.A. 1901; was an asst. master at several schools, and for a short time secretary to the Church in Wales; author of The Welsh Border Country (I 938).

Thoresby, Mervyn, brother of Percy Thoresby-Jones (q.v.); b. Jan. 25, 1890; adm. Jan. 19, 1905 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; enlisted in 28th Batt. London Regt. Aug. 1914; wounded at Festubert June 1915; attached Inspection Dept. July 1916; asst. inspector . Jan. 1917; temp. Lieut. R.F.A. July 1, 1917; an East India merchant and foreign exchange broker; assumed the surname of Thoresby in lieu of Thoresby-Jones 1920; m. 1st March 4, 1920, Violet Edmée Vulliamy, daughter of William Henry Battle, F.R.C.S., of London; 2nd Pamela Millicent, only daughter of Eric Dickinson, of Peterborough House, Harrow-on-the-Hill.

Thoresby, James Evelyn, brother of Percy Thoresby-Jones (q.v.); b. April 19, 1887; adm. Jan. 17, 1901 (H); left Easter 1905; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1913; Capt. R.A.M.C. Aug. 13, 1915; served in France and was wounded at Loos in 1916; assumed the surname of Thoresby in lieu of Thorseby-Jones 1920; m. July 31, 1927, Barbara, daughter of Henry Fielding, of Canterbury, Kent; d. 1942.

THOMSON, WILLIAM, son of Leonard Thomson, Stony Stratford, Bucks., “Entering Clerk at Westminster”, and Ruth ---; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1708 - void 1721; BA 1712; MA 1715 (incorp. Cambridge 1721); ordained deacon 26 Feb 1726, priest 5 Mar 1726 (both Lincoln); Curate, Hannington, Northants; Rector of Escrick, Yorks., from 26 Jul 1728; Rector of Cosgrove, Yorks., from 9 Feb 1729/30; Prebendary of Ripon from 4 Dec 1729; m. 17 Apr 1720 Jane, sister of William Goodday (qv); d. 29 Mar 1752.

Thomson, Thomas Kenelm, brother of Richard Edward John Thomson (q.v.); b. Oct. 6, 1899; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (R); left July 1916; d. 24 Feb. 1970.