Ancestral Trails 2016 » Samuel THORNTON (1754-1838)
Personal data Samuel THORNTON
Source 1- He was born on November 6, 1754 in Albury Park, Clapham, Surrey.
- Occupations:
- in Director of the Bank of England for 53 years.
- between 1807 and 1812 Member of Parliament in Surrey.
- between 1784 and 1806 Member of Parliament in Kingston-upon-Hull.
- Resident on September 13, 1825: Chobham Place.
- He died on July 3, 1838 in Brighton, East Sussex, he was 83 years old.
- A child of John THORNTON and Lucy WATSON
Household of Samuel THORNTON
He is married to Elizabeth MILNES.
They got married on December 12, 1780 at Wakefield, Yorkshire, he was 26 years old.
Child(ren):
- Esther Maria THORNTON 1786-1856
- Henry THORNTON 1781-????
- Hannah THORNTON 1784-????
- Lucy THORNTON 1784-1835
- James THORNTON 1788-????
- Elizabeth THORNTON 1782-1809
- Henry Milnes THORNTON 1792-1853
- Jane THORNTON 1788-1875
Notes about Samuel THORNTON
1790 Beneficiary and Joint Executor in the will of his father, John Thornton of Clapham 23 November 1790: Land in Clapham Freehold in Causton, Norfolk, after the death of Henry Robertson Leasehold at Hull, after the death of its occupier, John Barker One third of the freehold and interest in the sugar trade or manufactory and the soap trade 'without the gates of Hull in Holderness'
Samuel Thornton (6 November 1754 - 3 July 1838) was one of the sons of John Thornton, a leading merchant in the Russian and Baltic trade, and was a director of the Bank of England for 53 years and Governor (1799-1801). He had earlier served as its Deputy Governor. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull (with William Wilberforce in 1784) from 1784 to 1806 and for Surrey from 1807 to 1812. He was a member of the Committee for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts.
As MP for Kingston he was painted by Karl Anton Hickel in the group portrait "William Pitt addressing the House of Commons on the French Declaration of War, 1793" which still hangs at the National Portrait Gallery.
He bought Albury Manor, Albury, Surrey in 1800, and lived there until 1811. He employed the architect Sir John Soane to improve the property.
During the early 19th century Thornton built housing in the hamlet of Weston Street, a mile to the west of Albury, for the resettlement of villagers removed from cottages in Albury Park, as part of the agricultural improvements.
His brothers Henry Thornton and Robert Thornton were also notable men of their time and MPs. all three were members of the Clapham Sect and lived in adjoining houses in Clapham.
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Birthday November 6, 1754
- The temperature on November 6, 1754 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: geheel betrokken bliksem regen hagel. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1754: Source: Wikipedia
- January 28 » Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
- May 28 » French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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Day of marriage December 12, 1780
- The temperature on December 12, 1780 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1780: Source: Wikipedia
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- September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
- September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
- October 2 » American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
- October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
- October 16 » American Revolutionary War: The British-led Royalton raid is the last Native American raid on New England.
Day of death July 3, 1838
- The temperature on July 3, 1838 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder nevel. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1838: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
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