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, 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.

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, 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, 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.

Thorold, John Robert Hayford, son of Rev. Ernest Hayford Thorold CB CBE DD, Chaplain­-General to the Forces, and Dorothy Frances, d. of Edward Herbert of Croydon, Surrey; b. 2 Nov. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1938, BA 1943, MA 1945; Sub-Lieut (Sp) RNVR Mar. 1943; ord. deacon 1942, priest 1943 (Gloucester); Curate Cheltenham 1942-4, Limehouse 1944-5; asst master Eton Coll. 1945-6; tutor Ripon Hall Oxf. 1947-52; Vicar of Mitcham, Surrey, 1952-86; retd; d. 3 Jan. 2010.

THORPE, ROBERT DOVETON, elder son of Major-Gen. Robert Thorpe, EICS Madras, afterwards of Choisi, Guernsey, and Anne Durell, dau. of Thomas De Sausmarez; b. 1 Apr 1838; adm. 7 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1853; left Aug 1856; Cadet, EICS Madras 1856; Ensign, 27th Native Infantry 20 Dec 1856; Lieut., 4 Aug 1858; Capt., 20 Dec 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 18 Dec 1861 Catherine Jane Gordon, dau. of Col. George Gordon MacDonell, EICS Madras, 30th Madras Native Infantry; d. at Vizianagram, Madras 17 Sep 1873.

THORPE, THOMAS EDWARD, brother of Robert Doveton Thorpe (qv); b. 15 Oct 1840; adm. 26 May 1853 (James'); QS 1855; left Dec 1856; at Elizabeth Coll., Guernsey Jan 1857 - Christmas 1858; Cadet, EICS Madras 1859; Ensign, 27th Native Infantry 4 Nov 1859; Lieut., 1 Jan 1862; Capt., 13 Apr 1873; retd. 5 Jul 1877; m. 15 Sep 1869 Georgiana Helena Caroline de Jersey, dau. of James Graeme, Garvock, Renfrewshire [Perthshire ?]; d. 23 Aug 1892.