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].
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.
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.
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, 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, SIR WILLIAM CALTHROP, brother of Benjamin Richard Thorne (qv); b. 16 Feb 1864; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H); left Dec 1877; at Felsted Sch. Jan 1878 - Jul 1882; adm. solicitor Mar 1888; Assistant Solicitor, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Liverpool 1891-1900, Solicitor 1900-25, Consulting Solicitor 1925-32; member, Upper Mersey Navigation Commission 1900-25, Chairman 1918-25; Hon. Secretary, Dock and Harbour Authorities Association, to 1934; knighted 1927; JP Cheshire 1909; m. 14 Jun 1894 Mary Ethel, fourth dau. of Andrew Tucker Squarey, Bebington, Cheshire, solicitor; d. 17 Jul 1935.
THORNHILL, BACHE, eldest son of Henry Bache Thornhill (qv); b. 28 Jun 1803; adm. 9 Feb 1815 (G); left Bartholomewtide 1815; Cornet, 7th Light Dragoons 7 Sep 1820; half-pay Oct 1821; d. unm. 10 May 1823.
THORNTON, BONNELL, son of John Thornton, Maiden Lane, London, apothecary, and Rebecca Burton, St. Andrew’s, Holborn; bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 28 Sep 1725; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1736; KS 1739; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 - void 25 Jun 1760; BA 1747; MA 1750; MB 1754; contributor to The Student, or Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany, and to The Adventurer; one of the “Nonsense Club” which held an “Exhibition by the Society of Sign-Painters” at Thornton’s house in Bow Street, Covent Garden 1754, in ridicule of the Society of Arts; he and George Colman (adm. 1741, qv) started The Comnnoisseur, Jan 1754, which ran to 140 weekly numbers, and The St. James’s Chronicle, 1761; contributor to St. Jamesís Magazine; wrote burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day, 1763, and The Battle of the Wigs, 1767; translated into blank verse five of the comedies of Plautus 1767; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 3 Feb 1764 Silvia, sister of Sir John Brathwaite (qv); d. 9 May 1768. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey, with monument. DNB.
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.
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.