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Family of Walter Alfred Thornton and Grace Josephine Salvin

  • Husband:

  • Walter Alfred Thornton (1858-1915)

  • Wife:

  • Grace Josephine Salvin (1864- )

  • Marriage:

  • 1881

  • Honiton, Devon

Husband: Walter Alfred Thornton

  • Name:

  • Walter Alfred Thornton

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876)

  • Mother:

  • Margaret James (c. 1835-bef1867)

  • 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

Wife: Grace Josephine Salvin

  • Name:

  • Grace Josephine Salvin

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1864

  • York, Yorkshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1864 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1864 J Quarter in OF YORK Volume 09D Page 5

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 16-17)

  • Living with stepfather Arthur Wright, general practitioner, Greenfield House, Sidmouth

Additional Information

  • Birth fact:

  • Mother's maiden name = Revell

Note on Husband: Walter Alfred Thornton (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 on Husband: Walter Alfred Thornton (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.