Person Thornton; Sir; Edward (1766 - 1852) Thornton Edward Sir 1766 - 1852 British Male London, England 22 October 1766 Wembury House, Plymouth, Devon 03 July 1852

Wembury House, Plymouth (from 1824)

Education: Christ's Hospital; Pembroke College, Cambridge. BA (1789), MA (1798) Career: Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; Secretary to George Hammond, Washington, USA (1791); Secretary to the legation, Washington (1796); acted as Charge d'affaires, Washington (1800-1804); Minister to the Circle of Lower Saxony, and lived in Hamburg (1805); retired to Kiel before advancing French troops, then returned to England (1807); sent to Sweden, returned (1808); sent to Sweden to negotiate treaties with Sweden and Russia (1811); negotiated treaty with Denmark which ceded Heliogoland to England (1814); Privy Councillor (1816); Minister to Portugal (1817); went to Brazil; retired (1824) Honours: GCB 1822 3rd son of William Thornton, innkeeper in London; married (1812) Wilhelmina Kohp, of Hanover Fellow 07/06/1810 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Oct 1766 - 3 Jul 1852 NA3146 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 271168da-5def-4277-8782-d73a3700ec59