See also
Husband: | Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876) | |
Wife: | Margaret James (c. 1835-bef1867) | |
Children: | Richard Thornton Thornton (1853-1928) | |
Albert James Thornton (1856-1931) | ||
Walter Alfred Thornton (1858-1915) | ||
Margaret Ellen Thornton (1860-1958) | ||
Marriage | 19 Sep 1859 | St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey |
Witnesses | 19 Sep 1859 | Susan Wade, Benjamin Phillips |
Name: | Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | Richard Thornton (1776-1865) | |
Mother: | Alice Lee (c. 1811- ) | |
Birth | c. 1833 | Clerkenwell, Middlesex |
Residence | 98 Portland Place, London, W., and Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon | |
Census | 1841 (age 7-8) | Richard Lee, living with mother, Alice Lee, South Island Place, Lambeth St Mary |
Census | 1851 (age 17-18) | Solicitor's general clerk, 14 Rummers Place, Clerkenwell (Richard Lee, unmarried) |
Education | 19 Mar 1851 (age 17-18) | Matric. St Johns Coll, Oxford, aged 18 |
Member | 22 Jul 1852 (age 18-19) | Surrey Cricket Club: Probably played in match vs. MCC |
Occupation | 19 Sep 1859 (age 25-26) | Steward, Bermondsey (on marriage cert.) |
Will | 1865 (age 31-32) | £400, 000 in will of Richard Thornton |
Occupation | 11 Jul 1867 (age 33-34) | Barrister at law, Kentish Town (on marriage cert.) |
Occupation | 9 Jul 1874 (age 40-41) | Esquire, of Sidmouth, appointed as Income Tax Commissioner for Devon (L.Gazette 10.7.1874) |
Death fact | 1876 (age 42-43) | 1876 Jun Qtr, Honiton, 5b/26 (aged 43) |
Death | 28 May 1876 (age 42-43) | Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon |
Probate | 15 Jul 1876 | Probate at PR to Albert Pulford, Richard Gardiner Minshull Jones, and Richard Thornton Thornton |
Name: | Margaret James | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - | |
Birth | c. 1835 | |
Death | bef 1867 (age 31-32) |
Name: | Richard Thornton Thornton | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse 1: | Ellen Sophia Pulford (1851-1891) | |
Spouse 2: | Eliza Marion Pulford (1864-1909) | |
Birth | 28 Mar 1853 | Basil Street, Folkestone, Kent |
Birth fact | 1853 (age 0) | 1853 Jun Qtr, Elham, 2a/594 (Richard Thornton Lee James) |
Education | 25 Jan 1873 (age 19) | Matric. St Johns Coll, Oxford, aged 19 |
Residence | 15 Jul 1876 (age 23) | Knowle, Sidmouth (exec. to father's will) |
Ordination | 1878 (age 24-25) | Priest, Chichester Diocese |
Census | 1881 (age 27-28) | Assistant Curate of Sidmouth Devon, staying with father-in-law Alfred Pulford |
Census | 1891 (age 37-38) | Clerk in Holy Orders, widower, living with father-in-law Alfred Pulford |
Occupation | 8 Oct 1892 (age 39) | Acting Chaplain, 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment (L.Gazette 7.10.1892) |
Residence | 1896 (age 42-43) | Dulcote, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells (Clergy List, 1896) |
Residence | 1898 (age 44-45) | Middleton Hall, Shenfield, Essex |
Census | 1901 (age 47-48) | Living on own means, Middleton Hall, Shenfield, Essex |
Census | 1911 (age 57-58) | Private means, Fitzwalters, St Johns Road, Eastbourne, Sussex (widower) |
Death fact | 1928 (age 74-75) | 1928 Jun Qtr, Eastbourne, 2b/121 (aged 75) |
Death | 30 May 1928 (age 75) | Eastbourne, Sussex |
Name: | Albert James Thornton | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse 1: | Ernestine Alice Hawker (c. 1860- ) | |
Spouse 2: | Rose Thompson (1873-1954) | |
Birth | 17 Jan 1856 | Folkestone, Kent |
Census | 1871 (age 14-15) | School pupil, Worthing, Broadwater, Sussex |
Census | 1881 (age 24-25) | Holder of foreign stocks, 8 Queens Parade, Heene, Sussex |
Census | 1891 (age 34-35) | Married, living with sister Margaret Lubbock |
Census | 1901 (age 44-45) | Stock jobber, 37 Shaftesbury Road, Hammersmith ("Albert John Thornton") |
Census | 1911 (age 54-55) | Director of a company, 23a Devonshire Place, Brighton, Sussex |
Death | 14 Jun 1931 (age 75) | 23 Upper Addison Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex |
Name: | Walter Alfred Thornton | |
Sex: | Male | |
Spouse: | Grace Josephine Salvin (1864- ) | |
Birth | 23 Feb 1858 | Kensington, Middlesex |
Birth fact | 1858 (age 0) | 1858 Mar Qtr, St George Hanover Square, 1a/243 (Walter Alfred Lee) |
Census | 1871 (age 12-13) | School pupil, Worthing, Broadwater, Sussex |
Education | 25 Jan 1879 (age 20) | Matric. St Johns Coll, Oxford, aged 20 |
Census | 1881 (age 22-23) | Undergraduate of St Johns Coll, Oxford, visitor, Greenfield Ho, Sidmouth (unmarried) |
Census | 1891 (age 32-33) | Living on own means, visitor, 161 Mill Cottage, Blakedown, Kidderminster (married, wife absent) |
Death | 2 Feb 1915 (age 56) | The Mill House, Blakedown, Kidderminster, Worcestershire |
Name: | Margaret Ellen Thornton | |
Sex: | Female | |
Spouse 1: | Charles Western Lubbock (1862-1890) | |
Spouse 2: | Herbert Joseph Bergmann (1863-1940) | |
Birth | 1860 | Kensington, Middlesex |
Birth fact | 1860 (age 0) | 1860 Jun Qtr, St George Hanover Square, 1a/204 (Margaret Ellen Lee) |
Census | 1881 (age 20-21) | Living with brother Albert (birthplace shown as Folkestone, Kent) |
Census | 1891 (age 30-31) | Widow, 16 Rossgar Mansions, Chelsea |
Death fact | 1958 (age 97-98) | 1958 Mar Qtr, Kensington, 5c/1242 (aged 98, Margaret E Sadler) |
Death | 16 Mar 1958 (age 97-98) | Kensington, Middlesex |
While at St Johns College, Oxford, he was known as Dick Lee. Supposedly the illegitimate son of Richard Thornton, he adopted the surname Thornton in 1865 in compliance with a condition in Richard Thornton's will - see below.
Change of name:
Whitehall, August 1, 1865. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Richard Napoleon Lee, of the Middle Temple, London, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Her Royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a condition contained in the last will and testament of Richard Thornton, late of Old Swan Wharf, London Bridge, in the city of London, and of Cannon Hill, near Merton, in the county of
Surrey, Esquire, deceased, take and henceforth use the surname of Thornton, instead of that of
Lee.
London Gazette, 4.8.1865
Surrey Cricket Club: Probably played in match vs. MCC at Kennington Oval on 22.7.1852, as R.N.Lee. Scored 1 run.
See: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/957.html
15 July 1876. The Will of Richard Napoleon Thornton late of Knowle Sidmouth in the County of Devon Barrister-at-Law who died 28 May 1876 at Knowle was proved at the Principal Registry by Alfred Pulford of Rosenau Torquay in the said County Gentleman Richard Gardiner Minshull Jones of 190 Tooley Street Southwark in the County of Surrey Solicitor and Richard Thornton Thornton of Knowle Gentleman three of the Executors. Effects under £200,000. Resworn January 1877 under £250,000.
Widow when married in 1859 as Margaret James; father named on marriage certificate as Richard Hart, mariner.