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Thornton, Godfrey, 1795-1857
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1795-1857
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.