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.

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, 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].

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, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Hanover, Jamaica, “doctor” [probably medical practitioner]; b.; adm.; at school 1791; in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1796; KS 1797; probably Thomson who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796 and at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 - void 11 Apr 1808; BA 1804; MA 1811; ordained; d. 30 Apr 1812, aged 30. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

THOMSON, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Camberwell, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, Westminster Student from 5 Jan 1759, Tutor 1763-74, Junior Censor 1767; BA 1762; MA 1765; DCL 1770; Whitehall Preacher 1766; ordained; FRS 8 Nov 1770; d. at Graz, Styria Aug 1778, when travelling as tutor with Viscount Duncannon.

THOMSON, LEONARD, brother of William Thomson (qv); b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1710, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1710, aged 18, scholar 14 Apr 1711, matr. 1710; BA 1713/4; MA 1717; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 29 Sep 1716, Major Fellow 1 Jul 1717, occasional Tutor 1721; ordained deacon 24 May 1719, priest 23 Dec 1722 (both Ely); Rector of Loughton, Beds., from 28 Dec 1722; buried Loughton, Beds., 12 Mar 1752.

THOMSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Thomson KC, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Anne Dalziel, only dau. of Robert Thomson, St. Kitts, West Indies; b.; adm.; in school lists May and Oct 1803; KS (aged 12) 1804; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1808, adm. pens. 28 May 1808, readm. as pens. 10 Feb 1812; BA 1815; MA 1819; adm. Lincolnís Inn 3 May 1816, called to bar 24 Nov 1819; Attorney-Gen., Leeward Islands; Registrar in Bankruptcy, Liverpool; d. 19 Mar 1848.