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| Husband: | Albert James Thornton (1856-1931) | |
| Wife: | Ernestine Alice Hawker (c. 1860- ) | |
| Marriage | 1877 | Honiton, Devon |
| Name: | Albert James Thornton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876) | |
| Mother: | Margaret James (c. 1835-bef1867) | |
| 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: | Ernestine Alice Hawker | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1860 | Fermoy, Ireland |
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.