See also
Husband:
Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876)
Wife:
Margaret James (c. 1835-bef1867)
Children:
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- )
Note 1 (shared):
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
Note 2:
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.
Birth:
c. 1833
Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Residence:
98 Portland Place, London, W., and Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon
Census (1):
1841 (age 7-8)
Richard Lee, living with mother, Alice Lee, South Island Place, Lambeth St Mary
Census (2):
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 (1):
19 Sep 1859 (age 25-26)
Steward, Bermondsey (on marriage cert.)
Will:
1865 (age 31-32)
£400, 000 in will of Richard Thornton
Occupation (2):
11 Jul 1867 (age 33-34)
Barrister at law, Kentish Town (on marriage cert.)
Occupation (3):
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:
-
Note (shared):
Widow when married in 1859 as Margaret James; father named on marriage certificate as Richard Hart, mariner.
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)
Children:
Ellen Maude Thornton (1878-1962)
Alfred Norman Thornton (1880-1922)
Richard Patrick Thornton (1881-1932)
Margery Marion Thornton (1884-1954)
Note 1:
THORNTON, Richard Thornton, Amateur Cricketer
He made his debut in first class cricket in 1881, when 28 years old, and played in a total of 66 matches, 45 of them for Kent. Previously he had played for Dorset (1872), Devon (1873-77) and Wiltshire (1875). He toured North America in 1885. In Holy Orders he was at one time curate of Sidmouth, Devon, and in 1892 he was appointed acting chaplain to the Royal West Kent Regiment, and was at that time living at Tunbridge Wells.
Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1321.html
Note 2:
THORNTON Richard Thornton of Fitzwalters Eastbourne died 30 May 1928. Probate London 13 August to Ellen Maud Thornton and Margery Marion Thornton spinsters and Richard Patrick Thornton esquire. Effects £6031 15s. 7d.
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 (1):
15 Jul 1876 (age 23)
Knowle, Sidmouth (exec. to father's will)
Ordination:
1878 (age 24-25)
Priest, Chichester Diocese
Census (1):
1881 (age 27-28)
Assistant Curate of Sidmouth Devon, staying with father-in-law Alfred Pulford
Census (2):
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 (2):
1896 (age 42-43)
Dulcote, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells (Clergy List, 1896)
Residence (3):
1898 (age 44-45)
Middleton Hall, Shenfield, Essex
Census (3):
1901 (age 47-48)
Living on own means, Middleton Hall, Shenfield, Essex
Census (4):
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)
Children:
Marion Alberta Thornton (1906-1979)
Note 1:
He was educated at Winchester College and went up to St John’s College, Oxford, but was in neither the school or university cricket eleven. He was however quite a useful all-rounder and played in 30 first-class matches, 5 of them for Sussex (1880-81) and 21 for Kent (1884-91). He also played for Devon (1874-77) and toured North America in 1885 and Portugal in 1895. Much of his cricket was for the Gentlemen of Hampshire. He was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Sussex Regiment, and by occupation a stockjobber.
Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1318.html
Note 2:
THORNTON Albert James of 23 Upper Addison Gardens Kensington Middlesex died 14 June 1931. Probate London 15 August to Rose Thornton widow. Effects £318 4s. 1d. Resworn £1024 5s. 4d.
Birth:
17 Jan 1856
Folkestone, Kent
Census (1):
1871 (age 14-15)
School pupil, Worthing, Broadwater, Sussex
Census (2):
1881 (age 24-25)
Holder of foreign stocks, 8 Queens Parade, Heene, Sussex
Census (3):
1891 (age 34-35)
Married, living with sister Margaret Lubbock
Census (4):
1901 (age 44-45)
Stock jobber, 37 Shaftesbury Road, Hammersmith ("Albert John Thornton")
Census (5):
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- )
Note 1:
He was educated at Winchester, where he was a member of the cricket eleven 1874-76, being captain in 1876. He went up to St John’s College, Oxford, and was a member of the University cricket eleven 1879-82, winning his blue all four years. He also won a blue for billiards. He played in 24 first-class matches, his last being for the MCC in 1883. His county cricket was for Devon 1874-85. He was a Lieutenant in the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion Devonshire Regiment in 1885.
Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1322.html
Note 2:
THORNTON Walter Alfred of The Mill House Blakedown near Kidderminster died 2 February 1915. Probate London 1 June to Richard Thornton Thornton gentleman and Albert James Thornton company director. Effects £1105 6s. 1d.
Birth:
23 Feb 1858
Kensington, Middlesex
Birth fact:
1858 (age 0)
1858 Mar Qtr, St George Hanover Square, 1a/243 (Walter Alfred Lee)
Census (1):
1871 (age 12-13)
School pupil, Worthing, Broadwater, Sussex
Education:
25 Jan 1879 (age 20)
Matric. St Johns Coll, Oxford, aged 20
Census (2):
1881 (age 22-23)
Undergraduate of St Johns Coll, Oxford, visitor, Greenfield Ho, Sidmouth (unmarried)
Census (3):
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):
Spouse (2):
Children:
Birth:
1860
Kensington, Middlesex
Birth fact:
1860 (age 0)
1860 Jun Qtr, St George Hanover Square, 1a/204 (Margaret Ellen Lee)
Census (1):
1881 (age 20-21)
Living with brother Albert (birthplace shown as Folkestone, Kent)
Census (2):
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.
THORNTON, Richard Thornton, Amateur Cricketer
He made his debut in first class cricket in 1881, when 28 years old, and played in a total of 66 matches, 45 of them for Kent. Previously he had played for Dorset (1872), Devon (1873-77) and Wiltshire (1875). He toured North America in 1885. In Holy Orders he was at one time curate of Sidmouth, Devon, and in 1892 he was appointed acting chaplain to the Royal West Kent Regiment, and was at that time living at Tunbridge Wells.
Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1321.html
THORNTON Richard Thornton of Fitzwalters Eastbourne died 30 May 1928. Probate London 13 August to Ellen Maud Thornton and Margery Marion Thornton spinsters and Richard Patrick Thornton esquire. Effects £6031 15s. 7d.
He was educated at Winchester College and went up to St John’s College, Oxford, but was in neither the school or university cricket eleven. He was however quite a useful all-rounder and played in 30 first-class matches, 5 of them for Sussex (1880-81) and 21 for Kent (1884-91). He also played for Devon (1874-77) and toured North America in 1885 and Portugal in 1895. Much of his cricket was for the Gentlemen of Hampshire. He was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Sussex Regiment, and by occupation a stockjobber.
Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1318.html
THORNTON Albert James of 23 Upper Addison Gardens Kensington Middlesex died 14 June 1931. Probate London 15 August to Rose Thornton widow. Effects £318 4s. 1d. Resworn £1024 5s. 4d.
He was educated at Winchester, where he was a member of the cricket eleven 1874-76, being captain in 1876. He went up to St John’s College, Oxford, and was a member of the University cricket eleven 1879-82, winning his blue all four years. He also won a blue for billiards. He played in 24 first-class matches, his last being for the MCC in 1883. His county cricket was for Devon 1874-85. He was a Lieutenant in the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion Devonshire Regiment in 1885.
Source: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1322.html
THORNTON Walter Alfred of The Mill House Blakedown near Kidderminster died 2 February 1915. Probate London 1 June to Richard Thornton Thornton gentleman and Albert James Thornton company director. Effects £1105 6s. 1d.