See also
| Husband: | Robert Thornton (1746-1794) | |
| Wife: | Ellen Lambert ( - ) | |
| Children: | Thomas Thornton (1773- ) | |
| Lawrence Thornton (1774-1831) | ||
| Richard Thornton (1776-1865) | ||
| Margaret Thornton (1778- ) | ||
| Ellen Thornton (1786- ) | ||
| Marriage | 18 Oct 1772 | Tunstall, Lancashire |
| Name: | Robert Thornton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas Thornton ( - ) | |
| Mother: | Margaret Nicholson ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1746 | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Baptism | 1 Mar 1745/46 (age 0) | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Death | 1794 (age 47-48) | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Burial | 23 Mar 1794 | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Name: | Ellen Lambert | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Name: | Thomas Thornton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1773 | Burton Village, Thornton, Yorkshire |
| Baptism | 9 May 1773 (age 0) | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Name: | Lawrence Thornton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Ellen Hodgson (c. 1782- ) | |
| Birth | 1774 | Burton Village, Thornton, Yorkshire |
| Baptism | 23 Dec 1774 (age 0) | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Death | 1831 (age 56-57) | |
| Name: | Richard Thornton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Alice Lee (c. 1811- ) | |
| Birth | 1776 | Burton Village, Thornton, Yorkshire |
| Baptism | 13 Oct 1776 (age 0) | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Residence | Old Swan Wharf, London Bridge, & Cannon Hill, Merton, Surrey | |
| Census | 1841 (age 64-65) | Independent, Cannon Hill House, Merton |
| Census | 1851 (age 74-75) | East India Merchant, Cannon Hill House, Merton, Surrey (unmarried) |
| Occupation | 1853 (age 76-77) | Chairman of the Portuguese Bondholders' Committee |
| Census | 1861 (age 84-85) | East India Merchant, Cannon Hill House, Merton, Surrey (unmarried) |
| Death fact | 1865 (age 88-89) | 1865 Jun Qtr, Croydon, 2a/132 |
| Death | 24 Jun 1865 (age 88-89) | Merton, Surrey |
| Probate | 26 Jul 1865 | Probate (PR) to Emma Thornton, Richard Thornton West, Richard Napoleon Thornton (herein called Richard Napoleon Lee) and Alfred Pulford |
| Name: | Margaret Thornton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | William Ogle West (1781-1853) | |
| Birth | 1778 | Bentham, Yorkshire |
| Name: | Ellen Thornton | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | William Simpson (c. 1785-bef1861) | |
| Birth | 1786 | Burton Village, Thornton, Yorkshire |
| Baptism | 3 Sep 1786 (age 0) | Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire |
| Census | 1861 (age 74-75) | Widow, living with brother Richard Thornton |
| Will | 1865 (age 78-79) | Mentioned in will of brother Richard Thornton |