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| Husband: | Richard Thornton Thornton (1853-1928) | |
| Wife: | Eliza Marion Pulford (1864-1909) | |
| Marriage | 1897 | |
| Name: | Richard Thornton Thornton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876) | |
| Mother: | Margaret James (c. 1835-bef1867) | |
| 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: | Eliza Marion Pulford | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Alfred Pulford (1823-1896) | |
| Mother: | Ellen (Lee) Thornton (1825-1888) | |
| Birth | 14 Jun 1864 | Springfield Villa, Wimbledon, Surrey |
| Baptism | 19 Jul 1864 (age 0) | Wimbledon, Surrey |
| Birth fact | 1864 (age 0) | 1864 Sep Qtr, Kingston, 2a/208 |
| Census | 1871 (age 6-7) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1881 (age 16-17) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1891 (age 26-27) | Living with father |
| Death | 4 Apr 1909 (age 44) | Monte Carlo |
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.
THORNTON Eliza Marion of Fitzwalters Eastbourne (wife of Richard Thornton Thornton) died 4 April 1909 at Monte Carlo. Probate London 1 July to the said Richard Thornton Thornton Alfred Norman Thornton and Richard Patrick Thornton esquires and Walter Badeley Pattisson solicitor. Effects £37066 12s. 11d.