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| Thornton, Percy Melville. Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, May 21, 1860. [2nd] s. of Rear-Admiral Samuel, of Blackheath Park, London (and Emily Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. John Rice). B. Dec. 29, 1841, in London . School, Harrow. Migrated to Jesus, Nov. 9, 1860. Matric. Michs. 1860; LL.B. 1865; LL.M. 1909. Started the athletic contests with Oxford; first Secretary of the Inter-University sports. Inspired the boat-race near Ghent, 1911, between eight Jesus College oarsmen and a Belgian crew. Hon. Sec. of the Middlesex County Cricket Club for many years. M.P. for the Clapham division of Battersea, 1892-1910. Married, Sept. 25, 1877, his cousin, Florence Emily, 3rd dau. of Henry Sykes Thornton (1818). Author, Foreign Secretaries of the Nineteenth Century; The Stuart Dynasty; Some Things we have Remembered; Continental Rulers of the Nineteenth Century; Harrow School and its Surroundings, etc. Died Jan. 8, 1918, in London . ( Harrow Sch. Reg. ; Burke, L.G.; Who was Who; Memoirs of H. A. Morgan, 289-91; The Times, Jan. 9, 1918.) | Percy Melville THORNTON Approx. lifespan: 1841–1918 pens. aged 18 Trinity College adm1860:05:21 2nd s. of Rear-Admiral Samuel THORNTON of Blackheath Park, London , (and Emily Elizabeth RICE dau. of Rev. John RICE ) b. London , 1841:12:29 Sch: Harrow School Harrow, [Middlesex], Mig. to Jesus College 1860:11:09 Matric 1860:10MT: LLB 1865 LLM 1909 Started the athletic contests with OX, [Oxfordshire], ; first Sec. of: : Inter-University sports. Inspired the boat-race near Ghent, [Belgium], 1911 between eight Jesus College oarsmen and a Belgian crew. Hon. Sec. of: : Middlesex County Cricket Club for many years. M.P. for: : Clapham division of Battersea, [London], 1892-1910 m. 1877:09:25 his cousin Florence Emily THORNTON 3rd dau. of Henry Sykes THORNTON (1818) Publ.: Foreign Secretaries of the Nineteenth Century; The Stuart Dynasty; Some Things we have Remembered; Continental Rulers of the Nineteenth Century; Sch: Harrow School and its Surroundings etc. d. London , 1918:01:08 ( Harrow School Reg. ; Burke L.G.; Who was Who; Memoirs of H. A. Morgan 289-91; The Times 1918:01:09) [add:]Photograph: CAS: G.165[:add] |