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Personal data JAMES THORNTON 

  • He was born on March 15, 1787 in 21 Bryanston Street Portman Square London. England.Source 1
    Birth:
    15 MAR 1787
    Christening:
    30 MAR 1787 Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England

    Name James Thornton
    Gender Male
    Christening Date 30 Mar 1787
    Christening Place SAINT MARY-ST MARYLEBONE ROAD,ST MARYLEBONE,LONDON,ENGLAND
    Birth Date 15 Mar 1787
    Father's Name William Thornton
    Mother's Name Ann
  • He was baptized on March 30, 1787 in St. Marylebone, London. England.Sources 1, 2
    Birth:
    15 MAR 1787
    Christening:
    30 MAR 1787 Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England

    Name James Thornton
    Gender Male
    Christening Date 30 Mar 1787
    Christening Place SAINT MARY-ST MARYLEBONE ROAD,ST MARYLEBONE,LONDON,ENGLAND
    Birth Date 15 Mar 1787
    Father's Name William Thornton
    Mother's Name Ann
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1810 Chef to the Duke of Wellington (See book Your most Obedient Servant).
    • in the year 1851 Servant / Cook to Lord Frederick FitzClarence.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1818: 21 Upper Brianston Street, St. Mary Le Bone.
      From daughter Sarah's Baptism.
    • in the year 1851: Government House, Portsmouth.Source 3
      James was cook to Lord Frederick FitzClarence

      Census Transcript Household Hampshire 1851
      Address 111 High Street Parish Portsmouth Registration District Portsea Island Image Reference HO107/1658/F?
      Found 9 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Jane Farburn 32 1819 Northumberland Servant
      Henry Norland 32 1819 Servant Maidstone, Kent Butcher
      James Thornton 64 1787 Servant Marylebone, Middlesex Cook
      Stephen Ashton 25 1826 Servant Whit Church, Dorset Footman
      James Best 28 1823 Servant Northumberland Post Man
      James Faiham 37 1814 Servant Northumberland Grocer
      James Faiham 6 1845 Northumberland Scholar
      Margaret Faiham 8 1843 Northumberland Scholar
      William Faiham 2 1849 Portsmouth
  • (Relation to BPO) in 3x GREAT GRANDFATHER.
  • He died on August 12, 1854 in 8 Caroline Street Westminster London, he was 67 years old.Source 4
    Death St Georges Hanover Square Vol 1a page 233 3rd Q 1854
  • He is buried in the year 1854 in Hanwell Cemetry, 38 Uxbridge Road, Kensington, London.
  • A child of WILLIAM THORNTON and ANN MORRIS
  • This information was last updated on June 26, 2023.

Household of JAMES THORNTON

He is married to SARAH OAKLEY.

They got married on January 6, 1809 at St. James, Westminster, London. England, he was 21 years old.Source 5

Name James Thornton
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 1809
Event Place St James, Piccadilly, Middlesex, England
Spouse's Name Sarah Oakley

Name: Sarah Oakley
Gender: Female
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1809
Marriage Place: St James, Piccadilly, Westminster, England
Spouse:
James Thornton
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

Child(ren):

  1. JAMES THORNTON  1810-1872 
  2. Sarah Thornton  1818-1829


Notes about JAMES THORNTON

EDUCATED AT DAY SCHOOL IN ST. MARYLEBONE APPRENTICE COOK TO Mr. FARRANCE CORNER SPRING GDNS. & CHARRING CROSS THEN TO Mr.ESCUDIER A HOTELIER IN OXFORD STREET. COOK TO DUKE OF WELLINGTON FROM 20-08-1811 TO 29-12-1820. THEN WITH LORD FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE LT. GOVERNOR OF PORTSMOUTH. SEE BOOK YOUR MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT. and REPORT WRITTEN BY ROSEMARY AND TONY BOWER

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Ancestors (and descendant) of JAMES THORNTON

WILLIAM THORNTON
1709-1803
ANN GREEN
± 1719-????
RICHARD MORRIS
????-
ANN
????-
ANN MORRIS
1750-1820

JAMES THORNTON
1787-1854

1809

SARAH OAKLEY
1789-1870

JAMES THORNTON
1810-1872
Sarah Thornton
1818-1829

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    Birthday March 15, 1787

    • The temperature on March 15, 1787 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
      • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
      • June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
      • September 28 » The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
      • December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
      • December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

    Christening day March 30, 1787

    • The temperature on March 30, 1787 was about 9.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. 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 1787: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
      • February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
      • May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
      • September 17 » The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
      • October 1 » Russians under Alexander Suvorov defeat the Turks at Kinburn.
      • October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.

    Day of marriage January 6, 1809

    • The temperature on January 6, 1809 was about -5 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1809: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 3 » The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.
      • March 13 » Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
      • April 10 » Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
      • April 19 » An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
      • September 18 » The Royal Opera House in London opens.
      • November 27 » The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.

    Day of death August 12, 1854

    • The temperature on August 12, 1854 was about 22.0 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. 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).
    • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1854: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • February 17 » The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
      • February 23 » The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
      • March 1 » German psychologist Friedrich Eduard Beneke disappears; two years later his remains are found in a canal near Charlottenburg.
      • March 24 » President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
      • September 27 » The steamship SSArctic sinks with 300 people on board.
      • October 9 » Crimean War: The siege of Sevastopol begins.
    

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