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| Thornton, Thomas. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 21) at TRINITY. June 8, 1771. S. of William (1731), of Thornville, Yorkshire . [B. 1750, in London . School, Charterhouse; had matric. at Glasgow University, 1766.] A keen sportsman. Col., West Riding Militia. Toured the Northern and Western Highlands, 1786, and published (1804), A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland (noticed rather unfavourably by Scott in the Edinburgh Review ). Visited France , 1802, and was introduced to Napoleon, to whom he presented a pair of pistols. A Sporting Tour of France was published, 1806. Visited France again in 1814, with a party of sportsmen and a pack of hounds; hired the Chateau de Chambord, 1816, and bought an estate at Pont-sur-Seine. Styled himself Prince de Chambord and Marquis de Pont. Sold Thornville Royal to Lord Stanton in 1805. Lived at Falconer's Hall, Bedfordshire , Baythorpe, Yorkshire , and Skypark, Wiltshire . Married (2) 1806, Eliza Cawston, of Mundon, Essex , by whom he had a son. Resided latterly in lodgings in Paris. Died there, Mar. 10, 1823. Left almost all his property to his illegitimate daughter, Thornvillia Diana Thornton, but the validity of his will was not established. ( D.N.B., which states he was born "in 1757".) | Thomas THORNTON Approx. lifespan: 1750–1823 Fell.-Com. aged 21 Trinity College . adm1771:06:08 s. of William THORNTON (1731) of Thornville, West Riding of Yorkshire , b. London , 1750 Sch: Charterhouse School Charterhouse, [London], had Matric. at Sch: Glasgow University Glasgow, ???, 1766 A keen sportsman. Colonel: West Riding Militia. Toured the Northern and Western Highlands 1786 and published (1804) A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland (noticed rather unfavourably by Scott in the Edinburgh Rev.iew ). Visited, France , 1802 and was introduced to Napoleon, to whom he presented a pair of pistols. A Sporting Tour of France was published 1806 . Visited, France , again in1814 with a party of sportsmen and a pack of hounds; hired the Chateau de Chambord, [France], 1816 and bought an estate Pont-sur-Seine, [France], Styled himself Prince de Chambord and Marquis de Pont. Sold Thornville Royal Sold Thornville, [West Riding of Yorkshire], to Lord Stanton in1805 At Falconer's Hall, Falconer's, Bedfordshire , Baythorpe, < >[[XXX], Yorkshire , and Skypark, Wiltshire , m. (2) 1806 Eliza Cawston, of Mundon, Essex , by whom he had a son. latterly At lodgings Paris, [France], d. there 1823:03:10 Left almost all his property to his illegitimate daughter, Thornvillia Diana THORNTON, but the validity of his will was not established. ( D.N.B. which states he was born 'in 1757'.) |