| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/WRS/8397 | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard | |
| IM/GA/WRS/8397/E | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard | nd |
| IM/GA/WRS/8397/F | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard | nd |
| MDA/A/16/65 | Report of meeting on United Kingdom and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations | 7 June 1956 |
| RR/40/108 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The role of the young lucerne plant in determining the infection of the root by the nodule-forming bacteria' by Henry Gerard Thornton | 16 February 1929 |
| RR/42/66 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The fluctuations of bacterial numbers and nitrate content of field soils' by Henry Gerard Thornton and P H H Gray | 28 April 1930 |
| RR/54/143 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The numbers of bacterial cells in field soils, as estimated by the ratio method' by Henry Gerard Thornton and P. H. H. Gray | 30 April 1934 |
| RR/72/105 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The utilization of potassium by Bact. lactis aerogenes' by A A Eddy and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 1949 |
| RR/72/16 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The utilization of carbon sources by Bact. lactis aerogenes I. General survey' by A C Baskett and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 1949 |
| RR/72/17 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria. II. Anaerobic growth of Bact. lactis aerogenes' by A C Baskett and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 1949 |
| RR/72/160 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'An investigation of the nature of certain adaptive changes in bacteria' by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and S Jackson | 1949 |
| NLB/67/486 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Vernon Herbert] Blackman, FRS | 8 January [1925] |
| MS/846 | Photographs by Sir Henry Gerard Thornton | 1952-1956 |
| IM/004590 | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard | nd |
| IM/004591 | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard | nd |
| IM/GA/WS/2878 | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard | nd |
| RR/57/26 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The action of sodium nitrate upon the infection of Lucerne root-hairs by nodule bacteria' by Henry Gerard Thornton and John Russell | 5 November 1935 |
| MDA/A/16/51 | Minutes of the British Committee for Cooperation with UNESCO in the Natural Sciences | 16 May 1956 |
| IM/004589 | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard | nd |
| EC/1941/18 | Thornton, Sir Henry Gerard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/32/28 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The relation between the devlopment, structure and functioning of the nodules on Vicia faba, as influenced by the presence or absence of boron in the nutrient medium' by Winifred Brenchley and Henry Gerard Thornton | January 1925 |
| RR/62/57 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The abnormal structure induced in nodules on lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) by the supply of sodium nitrate to the host plant' by Henry Gerard Thornton and Joyce E Rudorf | [February 1936] |
| RR/67/58 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'The growth of nodule bacteria in the expressed juices from legume roots bearing effective and ineffective nodules' by H K Chen, Hugh Nicol and Henry Gerard Thornton | July 1940 |
| RR/68/109 | Referee's report by Vernon Herbert Blackman, on a paper 'Competition between related strains of nodule bacteria and its influence on infection of the legume host' by Hugh Nicol and Henry Gerard Thornton | 13 March 1941 |
| RR/78/7 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'An investigation of some adaptive changes in yeast cells' by B C Kilkenny and Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 6 March 1952 |
| RR/80/50 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The adaptation of Bact. coli mutabile to lactose' by A C R Dean and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 20 November 1953 |
| RR/78/43 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Colony formation by Bact. lactis aerogenes on solid media containing antibacterial agents' by A C R Dean and Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 13 June 1952 |
| RR/78/67 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Death rate of populations of Bact. lactis aerogenes. III. Interpretation of survival curves' by A A Eddy | 14 November 1952 |
| RR/78/63 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Death rate of populations of Bact. lactis aerogenes I Active adjustment of cells to adverse environments' by A A Eddy and Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 14 November 1952 |
| RR/78/64 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Death rate of populations of Bact. lactis aerogenes II Environmental and other factors influencing the form of the survival curve' by A A Eddy | 14 November 1952 |
| RR/80/31 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Further observations on galactose adaptation of yeast strains' by A A Eddy and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 8 August 1953 |
| RR/80/39 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The stability of various adaptations of Bact. lactis aerogenes (Aerobacter aerogenes)' by A C R Dean and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | 8 October 1953 |
| RR/80/49 | Letter from Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The adaptation of Bact. coli mutabile to lactose' by A C R Dean and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, to D C Martin | [c.20 November 1953] |
| RR/80/52 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The role of mutation in the adaptation of a yeast to galactose' by A A Eddy | 29 November 1953 |
| RR/74/27 | Letter from Henry Gerard Thornton, on three papers 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria Parts I, II and III' by A C Baskett and Cyril Hinshelwood, to [David Christie] Martin | [1] July 1950 |
| RR/74/29 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria. II. Anaerobic growth of Bact. Lactis aerogenes' by A C Baskett and Cyril Hinshelwood | 1 July 1950 |
| RR/74/30 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria. III. The pasteur effect Bact. Lactis aerogenes' by A C Backett and Cyril Hinshelwood | [1 July 1950] |
| RR/74/28 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Oxidation-reduction processes in cultures of bacteria. I. The reducing power of Bact. Lactis aerogenes' by A C Baskett and Cyril Hinshelwood | 1 July 1950 |
| RR/76/1 | Letter from Henry Gerard Thornton, on three papers 'Alkali metal ions in the metabolism of Bact. lactis aerogenes' Parts I, II and III by A A Eddy, T C N Carrol, C J Danby and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, to D C Martin | 3 February 1951 |
| RR/76/2 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Alkali metal ions in the metabolism of Bact. lactis aerogenes I Experiments on the uptake of radioactive potassium, rubidium and phosphorus', by A A Eddy, T C N Carrol, C J Danby and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood | 3 February 1951 |
| RR/76/3 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Alkali metal ions in the metabolism of Bact. lactis aerogenes II Connection with viability, growth rate and enzyme activity' by A A Eddy, Sir Cyril Hinshwelwood | 3 February 1951 |
| RR/76/4 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Alkali metal ions in the metabolism of Bact. lactis aerogenes III General discussion of their role and mode of action' by A A Eddy and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood | 3 February 1951 |
| RR/76/17 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The utilization of carbon sources by certain yeast strains' by B C Kilkenney and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood | 19 March 1951 |
| RR/76/16 | Letter from Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The utilization of carbon sources by certain yeast strains' by B C Kilkenney and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society | 21 March 1951 |
| RR/76/32 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Mechanism of the training of Bact. lactis aerogenes to D-arabinose' by A C Baskett and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood | 23 January 1951 |
| RR/76/46 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The resistance of Bact. lactis aerogenes to proflavine (2:8-diaminoacridine) The direct induction of adaptation' by A C Baskett | 30 August 1951 |
| RR/76/45 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The resistance of Bact. lactis aerogenes to proflavine (2:8-diaminoacridine) The applicability of statistical fluctuation test' by A C R Dean and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood | 30 August 1951 |
| RR/76/58 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'The production of extracellular nitrogenous substances by a blue-green alga' by Gordon Elliott Fogg | 26 November 1951 |
| RR/76/71 | Referee's report by Henry Gerard Thornton, on a paper 'Nuclear division in nine species of small free-living amoebae and its bearing on the classification of the order amoebida' by B N Singh | 2 November 1951 |