Family and Education
b. 6 Nov. 1754, 1st s. of John Thornton of Clapham by Lucy, da. and h. of Samuel Watson of Hull; bro. of Henry and Robert Thornton. m. 12 Dec. 1780, Elizabeth, da. of Robert Milnes of Wakefield, 4s. 5da. suc. fa. 1790.
Offices Held
Director, Bank of England 1780 – 1836, gov. 1799 – 1801; gov. of Russia Co. 1810 – d.
Main residences: Clapham; Albury Park, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
THORNTON, Samuel (1754-1838)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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