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Family of Robert Thornton and Ellen Lambert

Husband: Robert Thornton

  • 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

Wife: Ellen Lambert

  • Name:

  • Ellen Lambert

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Child 1: Thomas Thornton

  • Name:

  • Thomas Thornton

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1773

  • Burton Village, Thornton, Yorkshire

  • Baptism:

  • 9 May 1773 (age 0)

  • Thornton In Lonsdale, Yorkshire

Child 2: Lawrence Thornton

Child 3: Richard Thornton

  • Name:

  • Richard Thornton

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Alice Lee (c. 1811- )

  • Children:

  • Ellen (Lee) Thornton (1825-1888)

  •  

  • Margaret Lee (c. 1828- )

  •  

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

  •  

  • Elizabeth Lee (c. 1836- )

  • Note 1:

  • Passing Rich. The will of Richard Thornton, of Old Swan Wharf, London bridge, and of Cannonhill, Merton, Surrey, has now been proved in the principal registry. The following are some of the main features : The personality in this country was sworn under £2,800,000. He leaves to his nephew, Thomas Thornton, all his freehold and leasehold estates, and to his nephew, Richard Thornton West, he leaves £300,000, and appoints them residuary legatees. To his sister, Mrs. Simpson, £100,000; to Ellen, wife of Alfred Pulford, £300,000 for life, and then to her husband and children; to Richard Napoleon Lee, £400,000; to Margaret and Elizabeth Lee, each £100,000; to his nieces, Agnes Gibson and Ellen Thornton, each £30,000; to the widow of his deceased nephew, Robert West, £20,000; to his nephews, Richard Thornton and Edmund Thornton, each £10,000; to his nephews, William and Joseph Devey, each £10,000; to his clerks, Joseph Browne and John L. Neall, each £20,000; to his nurse, £1,000; and to each of his other servants, £500. To the Leathersellers' Company, £5,000; Christ's Hospital, £5,000; to Hetherington's Charity for the Blind, £10,000; to the schools at Merton, £10,000; and to the poor of Merton, £1,000. To the schools at Burton and Thornton, £10,000; and to the poor of Thornton, £500. To the twenty-four following institutions, each £200 — namely, St. Thomas's, St. Guy's, Bethlehem, St. Luke's, Orthopaedic, Magdalen, St. Marks, Incurables, Dreadnought, Consumption, Victoria Park, City of London Truss, Deaf and Dumb, Blind, Asylum for Idiots, Merchant Seamen's Orphan, London Orphan, Infant Orphan, British Orphan, Female Orphan, Fatherless Children, Ladies' Charity School, St. Ann's, National Benevolent, and National Lifeboat Institutions.

    Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 156, 28 December 1865, Page 3

    Source: http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/

     

    Richard Thornton, a London banker, whose father was one of the first directors and founders of Lloyd's Bank, purchased Cannon Hill House and Park after 1854. He took a great interest in all branches of the village life, especially in the day and Sunday schools. He was often to be seen driving his white cob and chaise, and would give the villagers a lift if they happened to be going his way. On Christmas Eve those who lived in this part of Merton were regaled with a mug of ale, a mincepie, and two and sixpence, and children a shilling and a mincepie.

    In the park was a fine herd of black bullocks, some of which were sold to butchers for Christmas beef. A prime baron of beef was always selected for Richard Thornton's own table. After his death his sister and housekeeper lived here for a few years. The estate then passed to a nephew, who had the old house pulled down and used the park and woods adjoining for shooting.

    From: REMINISCENCES OF OLD MERTON by W. H. CHAMBERLAIN, LONDON: MITCHELL HUGHES AND CLARKE, 1925

    http://www.markpepall.plus.com/e321.htm

     

    Richard Thornton West inherited over a million pounds from his uncle Richard Thornton who, it is believed, had made a fortune by blockade running in the Napoleonic wars.

    http://www.exeter.ac.uk/grounds1969/ch3.html

     

    Mr. Richard Thornton, a well-known merchant in London, has recently erected and endowed, at a cost of 15,000l, some commodious schools for the parishes of Burton and Thornton, in Lonsdale, co. Westmorland, as a benefaction to the place of his nativity.

    Gentleman's Magazine, 1854

     

    See also:

    'Parishes: Merton', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 64-8. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43032

    WG Hoskins, Richard Thornton A Victorian Millionaire, History Today, Volume XII, 8 (1962) 574-580

  • Note 2:

  • 26 July 1865. The Will 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 who died 20 June 1865 at Cannon Hill aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Thomas Thornton of Old Swan Wharf aforesaid Esquire and Richard Thornton West of Old Swan Wharf aforesaid Esquire the Nephews Richard Napoleon Lee of the Middle Temple in the County of Middlesex Barrister at Law and Alfred Pulford of 65 St James Street Piccadilly in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Army Tailor four of the Executors. Effects under £2,800,000.

  • 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 (1):

  • 1841 (age 64-65)

  • Independent, Cannon Hill House, Merton

  • Census (2):

  • 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 (3):

  • 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

Child 4: Margaret Thornton

Child 5: Ellen Thornton

  • 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

Note on Child 3: Richard Thornton (1)

Passing Rich. The will of Richard Thornton, of Old Swan Wharf, London bridge, and of Cannonhill, Merton, Surrey, has now been proved in the principal registry. The following are some of the main features : The personality in this country was sworn under £2,800,000. He leaves to his nephew, Thomas Thornton, all his freehold and leasehold estates, and to his nephew, Richard Thornton West, he leaves £300,000, and appoints them residuary legatees. To his sister, Mrs. Simpson, £100,000; to Ellen, wife of Alfred Pulford, £300,000 for life, and then to her husband and children; to Richard Napoleon Lee, £400,000; to Margaret and Elizabeth Lee, each £100,000; to his nieces, Agnes Gibson and Ellen Thornton, each £30,000; to the widow of his deceased nephew, Robert West, £20,000; to his nephews, Richard Thornton and Edmund Thornton, each £10,000; to his nephews, William and Joseph Devey, each £10,000; to his clerks, Joseph Browne and John L. Neall, each £20,000; to his nurse, £1,000; and to each of his other servants, £500. To the Leathersellers' Company, £5,000; Christ's Hospital, £5,000; to Hetherington's Charity for the Blind, £10,000; to the schools at Merton, £10,000; and to the poor of Merton, £1,000. To the schools at Burton and Thornton, £10,000; and to the poor of Thornton, £500. To the twenty-four following institutions, each £200 — namely, St. Thomas's, St. Guy's, Bethlehem, St. Luke's, Orthopaedic, Magdalen, St. Marks, Incurables, Dreadnought, Consumption, Victoria Park, City of London Truss, Deaf and Dumb, Blind, Asylum for Idiots, Merchant Seamen's Orphan, London Orphan, Infant Orphan, British Orphan, Female Orphan, Fatherless Children, Ladies' Charity School, St. Ann's, National Benevolent, and National Lifeboat Institutions.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 156, 28 December 1865, Page 3

Source: http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/

 

Richard Thornton, a London banker, whose father was one of the first directors and founders of Lloyd's Bank, purchased Cannon Hill House and Park after 1854. He took a great interest in all branches of the village life, especially in the day and Sunday schools. He was often to be seen driving his white cob and chaise, and would give the villagers a lift if they happened to be going his way. On Christmas Eve those who lived in this part of Merton were regaled with a mug of ale, a mincepie, and two and sixpence, and children a shilling and a mincepie.

In the park was a fine herd of black bullocks, some of which were sold to butchers for Christmas beef. A prime baron of beef was always selected for Richard Thornton's own table. After his death his sister and housekeeper lived here for a few years. The estate then passed to a nephew, who had the old house pulled down and used the park and woods adjoining for shooting.

From: REMINISCENCES OF OLD MERTON by W. H. CHAMBERLAIN, LONDON: MITCHELL HUGHES AND CLARKE, 1925

http://www.markpepall.plus.com/e321.htm

 

Richard Thornton West inherited over a million pounds from his uncle Richard Thornton who, it is believed, had made a fortune by blockade running in the Napoleonic wars.

http://www.exeter.ac.uk/grounds1969/ch3.html

 

Mr. Richard Thornton, a well-known merchant in London, has recently erected and endowed, at a cost of 15,000l, some commodious schools for the parishes of Burton and Thornton, in Lonsdale, co. Westmorland, as a benefaction to the place of his nativity.

Gentleman's Magazine, 1854

 

See also:

'Parishes: Merton', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 64-8. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43032

WG Hoskins, Richard Thornton A Victorian Millionaire, History Today, Volume XII, 8 (1962) 574-580

Note on Child 3: Richard Thornton (2)

26 July 1865. The Will 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 who died 20 June 1865 at Cannon Hill aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Thomas Thornton of Old Swan Wharf aforesaid Esquire and Richard Thornton West of Old Swan Wharf aforesaid Esquire the Nephews Richard Napoleon Lee of the Middle Temple in the County of Middlesex Barrister at Law and Alfred Pulford of 65 St James Street Piccadilly in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Army Tailor four of the Executors. Effects under £2,800,000.