• Born 12 October 1813, son of Claude George Thornton (1776-1866) and Frances Anne Smith (1785-1862).
• Married (on 7 September 1839 at Holy Trinity Church, Marylebone) Caroline Adelaide Dupre (1815-1898).
• Died 12 January 1850, aged 36.

"In May [1894] I had found myself seated at the C.M.S. Annual Meeting, at Exeter Hall, behind Mr. H. E. Thornton, and spoke to him for the first time though we had known and loved his mother, Mrs. Spencer Thornton, & sisters at Broxbourne for years." *Memoirs of Emily Elliott p106

Children

With Caroline Adelaide Dupre (1815-1898):

1. Frederick du Pre Thornton (1841-1903).
2. Henry Edward Thornton (1842-1926).
3. Rev. Claude Cecil Thornton (1844-1921) [who firstly married Fanny Barton (1841-1878)].
4. Rev. George Ruthven Thornton (1845-1895).
5. Julia Frances Thornton (1846-1885).
6. Caroline Sophia Thornton (1846-1912).
7. Emily Montagu Thornton (1849-1934).