Er ist verheiratet mit Mary Anne SYKES.
Sie haben geheiratet am 1. März 1796 in St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Camden, Middlesex, er war 35 Jahre alt.Quellen 8, 12
Kind(er):
1790 Beneficiary and Joint Executor in the will of his father, John Thornton of Clapham. Furniture to Henry Thornton One third interest in the freehold and interest in the sugar trade or manufactory and the soap trade 'without the gates of Hull in Holderness'
1795 named on the "List of the Minority" who voted on Mary 27, 1795, for Mr Wilberforce's motion to facilitate the making of a peace with France. Henry Thornton, 1760-1815, son of John, had all his father's generosity without any of his eccentricity. Henry Thornton also was joined by Wilberforce in his home at Battersea Rise, just to the west of the parish boundary which crosses the common from north to south, and in the oval saloon planned by Pitt for his friend Thornton met the little party who by their zealous efforts brought about the abolition of the slave trade. They were joined in their meetings by Zachary Macaulay, invaluable for his personal knowledge of the evils of the slave traffic gained as Governor of Sierra Leone and in a passage on board a slave ship before he had settled at No. 5
The Pavement (now a tailor's shop) or had sent his son, afterwards Lord Macaulay, to school at Church Buildings.
The friends at and about Clapham were the very centre of the Evangelical party, and the great wealth of the Thornton family was generously employed in promoting religious and philanthropic movements far beyond the local centre. Zachary Macaulay was the editor of their organ, the Christian Observer. John Venn was among the original founders of the Church Missionary Society in 1799, and Lord Teignmouth, the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society, lived on the 'South Side' of the common in a house which is now a Roman Catholic monastery. Charles Bradley, another Evangelical, was the first incumbent of St. James' Chapel at Clapham. A house appears on Rocque's Map of Surrey of 1762; it was known as "Battersea Rise House" and stood on what is now Clapham Common West Side, opposite St. Barnabas' Church, near Maddison Road. 112 to 122 Clapham Common West Side are now built over the grounds. It can also be seen on a 1885 map, south of Clapham Common, between the "Battersea" & "Rise" in what was then called Battersea Rise and is now Clapham Commom West Side.
In the 1760s the house was remodelled by Isaac Ackerman, a City china merchant who seems to have been active in property development around the common, and then leased to John Lubbock, a banker. It was bought in 1792 by Henry Thornton (MP, Banker, Governor Bank of England, (10 Mar 1760-16 Jan 1815), Son of Russia Co. merchant John L. Thornton and Lucy Watson of Hull, married Marianne Sykes of Hull.) who then enlarged it. The Oval Library built in 1797 was reputably designed by William Pitt. Before Thornton's marriage William Wilberforce, who was related to him by marriage, co-occupied the house. Battersea Rise House was home to the Thornton family until the death of Henry Thornton's daughter-in-law in the early 1900s.
In the period of Herny Thorton's occupation Battersea Rise House was a meeting place for the Clapham Sect who were largely responsible for bring about the abolition of slavery legislation in the UK. The house was the recognized meeting place of the informal council which gathered round Wilberforce in connection with the anti-slavery movement. Thornton not only supported Wilberforce’s slave trade agitation in Parliament, but, being a man of means, took a leading part in the foundation of a colony in Sierra Leone, with the object of civilising the African race. This enterprise proved disapointing in its result, but Zachary Macaulay, one of the first governors of the colony, became in later years one of the most ardent members of the “Clapham sect.” The influence of this sect in directing social reform at home and missionary effort abroad was widespread. Thornton himself was the first treasurer of the society for Missions to South Africa which afterwards came to be known as the Church Missionary Society. He was also treasurer of the British and Foreign Bible Society. William Pitt was very familiar with Battersea Rise House also, he designed the library of the house, which has been described as “perhaps the solitary monument of the architectural skill of that imperial mind.” SOURCES: Battersea Rise by Dorothy Pym, pub. Jonathan Cape, 1934 - A book about Battersea Rise House and the Thornton Family who lived there. [Dorothy Pym was a descendant of the Thorntons.] Marian Thornton 1797-1887 A Domestic Biography by E.M. Forster, pub. Edward Arnold, 1956 [EM Forster who wrote A Passage to India, he also was a descendant of the Thorntons and a cousin of Dorothy Pym.]
The Times, Friday, Jun 21, 1907, p.10 SALE OF BATTERSEA-RISE-HOUSE, CLAPHAM.-At the Mart, Tokenhouse-yard, yesterday Messrs. Thurgood and Martin offered for sale by order of the late Mr. H. S. Thornton’s executors, the freehold property known as Battersea-rise-house and 22a. ir. 34p. of land as well as two residences, named Glenelg and the Maisonette. Battersea-rise-house, the residence of Mr. Percy Thornton, M.P., was the home of William Wilberforce, and it is said that William Pitt., who was a frequent ‘visitor, designed the library. Mr. Howard Martin, who conducted the auction, said that, far as he knew, this would be the last opportunity of buying any large area contignous to Clapham-common; in his opinion the finest open spece in South London. He believed that there was excellent gravel in all parts of the estate. It would be sold with possession on completion of the purchase, and could be developed to great advantage for a good class of house. The opening over was £30,000, followed by two of £5,000, and, by bids of £l,000, £48,000 was reached. Advances were than quickly made to £50,500, and the hammer fell at £51,000, amid applause, Mr. Edwin Evans, of Lavender-hill being the purchaser.
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Birth date: abt 1771 Birth place: Residence date: Residenceplace: Surrey/ Ancestry.co.uk
Henry THORNTON Esq a married man a banker MP for the Borough of Southwark, Battersea Rise, 55 years - cause of death, decline. Buried in family vault/ Ancestry.co.uk
No.620 Henry THORNTON Esq otp of Battersea in the County of Surrey bachelor and Mary Ann SYKES otp spinster. Both signed. Witnesses ? SYKES and ? SYKES/ Ancestry.com