Sir Henry Worth Thornton, KBE (November 6, 1871 – March 14, 1933) was a businessman. Thornton served as general superintendent of the Long Island Rail...
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business and enjoyed a privileged childhood. He was the son of Sir Henry Worth Thornton and Virginia Blair (daughter of banker and steel magnate George Dike...
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Sect Henry Thornton (MP) for Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency) Sir Henry Worth Thornton (1871–1933), president of Canadian National Railway Henry Gerard...
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James Thornton (disambiguation) James Thornton (naval officer) (1826–1875) James Worth Thornton, businessman and son of Sir Henry Worth Thornton Jim Thornton...
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staff resthouse. The community was briefly renamed Thornton Junction, after Henry Worth Thornton, then president of the CNR. From the 1920s on, Nakina...
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marshal, Royal Air Force (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Sir Henry Worth Thornton, major general, British Army (American-born) Gerald Trotter, brigadier-general...
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November 1964; Vol. 55, No. 9 See blog post on Henry Clay Thornton, Margaret Worth Thornton and Sir Henry Worth Thornton at www.thorntonsoky.blogspot.com...
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Vanderbilt 4–4 W. J. Keller (Independent) (1893) 1893 Vanderbilt 6–1 Henry Worth Thornton (Independent) (1894) 1894 Vanderbilt 7–1 Charles L. Upton (Southern...
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orchestral music; chair of the Board of the American Music Center Sir Henry Worth Thornton, President, Canadian National Railway; Vanderbilt University football...
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Indiana, William Thornton worked in the law office of his uncle, Henry Clay Thornton, a prominent lawyer and father of Sir Henry Worth Thornton. From 1879 to...
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would become the main competitor to the CPR in Canada. In 1923, Henry Worth Thornton replaced David Blyth Hanna becoming the second president of the CNR...
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first UK railway company to employ a general manager from overseas, Henry Worth Thornton. He had previously worked as the General Superintendent of the Long...
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automobile engine Sir Henry Worth Thornton, President, Canadian National Railways; Vanderbilt football coach James Johnston Thornton, federal judge during...
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won conference championships: R. G. Acton, Walter H. Watkins, James R. Henry and Dan McGugin. Between them, the coaches won eleven Southern Intercollegiate...
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and father of Sir Henry Worth Thornton; and Joseph Lyle Thornton, a respected educator and manufacturer. Judge William Wheeler Thornton was his nephew.[citation...
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would become the main competitor to the CPR in Canada. In 1923, Henry Worth Thornton replaced David Blyth Hanna becoming the second president of the CNR...
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Johnston Thornton of Seguin, Texas, and the Thorntons of Logansport: William Patton Thornton, Judge William Wheeler Thornton, and Sir Henry Worth Thornton. Bickell...
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Thomas. Thornton was also a cousin of the prominent Thornton family of Logansport, Indiana. His relatives included Sir Henry Worth Thornton, Judge William...
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Margaret Worth Thornton, sister of Sir Henry Worth Thornton, cousin of Judge William Wheeler Thornton, and niece of Dr. William Patton Thornton. The Geers...
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across the landscape, rather than the traditional large resort hotel. Henry Worth Thornton, the new president of Canadian National Railways, visited Jasper...
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during the 1894 college football season. The team's head coach was Henry Worth Thornton, who only coached one season in that capacity at Vanderbilt. In the...
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Beardmore House, Pine Avenue. Built in 1914, afterwards purchased by Sir Henry Worth Thornton. Still standing. J.W. McConnell House. Built in 1914, for Colonel...
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made from a speeding train. Canadian National Railway President Sir Henry Worth Thornton phoned the U.S. commerce secretary Robert P. Lamont in Washington...
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Clay Thornton, father of Sir Henry Worth Thornton; Dr. William Patton Thornton, a prominent Cincinnati physician; and Dr. Joseph Lyle Thornton, a prominent...
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ancestry) Sir Henry Worth Thornton (President, Canadian National Railways; coach, Vanderbilt University football team) William Wheeler Thornton (judge, author...
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Frank Thornton Ball (15 January 1921 – 16 March 2013), professionally known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor. He was best known for playing Captain...
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companies to facilitate the planned expansion. This was done with Sir Henry Worth Thornton, representing the Canadian National Railway and Sir Edward Wentworth...
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January 1919 Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Henry Worth Thornton "For valuable services rendered in connection with the War". M 1...
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Joseph R. Thompson U.S. Army World War II veteran Knight (2012) Sir Henry Worth Thornton 1871–1933 Businessman and Railways Manager Jean Thurel 1699–1807...
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Robert Lee Thornton Sr. (often R. L. Thornton; August 10, 1880 – February 15, 1964) was an American banker, civic leader, and four-term Mayor of Dallas...
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