See also
| Husband: | Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton (c. 1833-1876) | |
| Wife: | Ellen Ann Jones (1846-1881) | |
| Marriage | 11 Jul 1867 | St John the Baptist, Kentish Town, Middlesex |
| Witnesses | 11 Jul 1867 | R G Minshull Jones, Eliza Lea, Georgiana M Taylor |
| Name: | Richard Napoleon (Lee) Thornton | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Richard Thornton (1776-1865) | |
| Mother: | Alice Lee (c. 1811- ) | |
| Birth | c. 1833 | Clerkenwell, Middlesex |
| Residence | 98 Portland Place, London, W., and Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon | |
| Census | 1841 (age 7-8) | Richard Lee, living with mother, Alice Lee, South Island Place, Lambeth St Mary |
| Census | 1851 (age 17-18) | Solicitor's general clerk, 14 Rummers Place, Clerkenwell (Richard Lee, unmarried) |
| Education | 19 Mar 1851 (age 17-18) | Matric. St Johns Coll, Oxford, aged 18 |
| Member | 22 Jul 1852 (age 18-19) | Surrey Cricket Club: Probably played in match vs. MCC |
| Occupation | 19 Sep 1859 (age 25-26) | Steward, Bermondsey (on marriage cert.) |
| Will | 1865 (age 31-32) | £400, 000 in will of Richard Thornton |
| Occupation | 11 Jul 1867 (age 33-34) | Barrister at law, Kentish Town (on marriage cert.) |
| Occupation | 9 Jul 1874 (age 40-41) | Esquire, of Sidmouth, appointed as Income Tax Commissioner for Devon (L.Gazette 10.7.1874) |
| Death fact | 1876 (age 42-43) | 1876 Jun Qtr, Honiton, 5b/26 (aged 43) |
| Death | 28 May 1876 (age 42-43) | Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon |
| Probate | 15 Jul 1876 | Probate at PR to Albert Pulford, Richard Gardiner Minshull Jones, and Richard Thornton Thornton |
| Name: | Ellen Ann Jones | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Richard Minshull Jones (1808-1883) | |
| Mother: | Susannah Gardiner (1814-1875) | |
| Birth | 20 Nov 1846 | Kentish Town, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 25 Dec 1846 (age 0) | St John the Baptist, Kentish Town, Middlesex |
| Census | 1851 (age 4-5) | Living with parents |
| Death | 6 Nov 1881 (age 34) | Biarritz, France |
While at St Johns College, Oxford, he was known as Dick Lee. Supposedly the illegitimate son of Richard Thornton, he adopted the surname Thornton in 1865 in compliance with a condition in Richard Thornton's will - see below.
Change of name:
Whitehall, August 1, 1865. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Richard Napoleon Lee, of the Middle Temple, London, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Her Royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a condition contained in the last will and testament 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, take and henceforth use the surname of Thornton, instead of that of
Lee.
London Gazette, 4.8.1865
Surrey Cricket Club: Probably played in match vs. MCC at Kennington Oval on 22.7.1852, as R.N.Lee. Scored 1 run.
See: http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/957.html
15 July 1876. The Will of Richard Napoleon Thornton late of Knowle Sidmouth in the County of Devon Barrister-at-Law who died 28 May 1876 at Knowle was proved at the Principal Registry by Alfred Pulford of Rosenau Torquay in the said County Gentleman Richard Gardiner Minshull Jones of 190 Tooley Street Southwark in the County of Surrey Solicitor and Richard Thornton Thornton of Knowle Gentleman three of the Executors. Effects under £200,000. Resworn January 1877 under £250,000.
CRESSWELL Ellen Annie, 23 December 1881. Administration of the Personal Estate of Ellen Annie Cresswell (wife of Henry Thomas Cresswell, Esquire) late of 4 Park Crescent Portland Place in the County of Middlesex who died 6 November 1881 at Biarritz in France was granted at the Principal Registry to the said Henry Thomas Cresswell of Leighterton in the County of Gloucester. Personal Estate £1,548 18s. 10d. Resworn March 1882 £1,103 18s. 10d.