• William Thornton (1712/13–1769) of Cattal was an English politician, Member of Parliament for York, described also as a "celebrated though eccentric sportsman"...
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  • to: William Thornton (academic), principal of Hart Hall, later Hertford College, Oxford, 1688–1707 William Thornton (died 1769) (died 1769), English militia...
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  • Thompson; died 1769), "a countrywoman... a native of the... East Riding, of a very respectable family". His younger brother was the diplomat Edward Thornton, 1st...
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  • Presley Thornton (1721 – December 8, 1769) was a planter and public official in Colonial Virginia. Thornton was a member of the House of Burgesses for...
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    Edward Thornton. He was born in London, the third of three sons and two daughters, of William Thornton (1738–1769), and Dorothy (née Thompson) Thornton (d...
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  • Francis Thornton: William Lacy Thornton, (born 10 Aug 1769died 30 Jan 1829). married Susannah Harvey of Charlotte County, Virginia Lucy Jane Thornton, (born...
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  • (1750–1754) Thomas Fitch, Governor (1754–1766) William Pitkin, Governor (1766–1769) Jonathan Trumbull, Governor (1769–1776) Province of Carolina Governors James...
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    Nevertheless, Lady Sarah and Lord William eloped shortly afterwards, in February 1769, taking the infant with them. Lord William soon abandoned her. Sir Charles...
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    excellent translation from the Mercator of Plautus for Bonnell Thornton's edition (1769–1772), some thirty plays, and many parodies and occasional pieces...
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    attorney in Buffalo, married Alice Thornton (1847–1931), daughter of Thomas F. Thornton and Jane Parker. He died on September 7, 1885, while walking...
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  • painter and sculptor (died 1830) May 20 – William Thornton, physician, inventor, painter and architect, first Architect of the Capitol (died 1828) June 3 – Carlo...
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  • Polk was born on December 7, 1747, the seventh of eight children born to William Polk and Margaret Taylor Polk of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, near...
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    John Thornton Kirkland (August 17, 1770 – April 26, 1840) was an American Unitarian Congregational clergyman who served as President of Harvard University...
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    Northcott, Herbert C (2008). Dying and Death in Canada. University of Toronto Press. pp. 25–27. ISBN 978-1-55111-873-4. Thornton, Russell (2000). "Population...
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    Earl of Carlisle and William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle, who served as the Rector of Londesborough, both of whom died unmarried and without...
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  • George W. L. Bickley, and Charles B. Coale. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 1929. Page 383. Summers, Lewis...
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    Arts in London from 1769 until 1772. He was interested in arts, and had strong connections to the artistic world. Around 1765 William Hunter started collecting...
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  • - 1787) Gustavus Brander Matthew Clarmont (Governor 1766–1769) William Cooper (Governor 1769–1771) Edward Payne (Governor 1771–1773) James Sperling (Governor...
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    (third son of William Thornton-Todd, heir of both Isaac Todd, the prominent Montreal merchant with the North West Company, and William Thornton, a British...
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    January 2024. Thornton 1998, p. 31. Thornton 1998, pp. 29–31. Thornton 1998, p. 37. Thornton 1998, pp. 38. Thornton 1998, p. 39. Thornton 1998, p. 40....
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    William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become...
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    legitimate children. William married in 1818, in a joint ceremony with his brother Edward, but both of William's legitimate daughters died as infants. The...
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    John Peter Van Ness (category 1769 births)
    Johannes Petrus "John Peter" Van Ness (November 4, 1769 – March 7, 1846) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from...
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    Jersey (1656–1711) William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey (died 1721) William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey (died 1769) Frederick William Villiers, Viscount...
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  • the grave or cenotaph according to the cemetery's location system. William Thornton (1759–1828), first Architect of the Capitol, is the only person who...
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    United States Capitol (category William Thornton buildings)
    years later. On January 31, 1793, a late entry by amateur architect William Thornton was submitted, and was met with praise for its "Grandeur, Simplicity...
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    of Afghanistan. Born in Beckenham, Kent, Auckland was the second son of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
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    Retrieved August 13, 2019. "Marcus Thornton Named Associated Press All-American". TribeAthletics.com. College of William & Mary. March 30, 2015. Retrieved...
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    Brontë family (category People from Thornton and Allerton)
    (/ˈbrɒntiz/) were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of...
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    William Joseph Denison (12 May 1769 – 2 August 1849), son of Joseph Denison (c. 1726 – 1806), was an English banker, politician, landowner, and philanthropist...
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