Peerage Record – 22741

     Major Richard Thornton was the son of Richard Thornton.² He married Margery Alice Clerk, daughter of Herbert Edward Clerk and Helen Heuer, on 30 November 1937.¹ He died in 1983.¹
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     Richard George Clerk Thornton was born on 21 April 1944.¹ He is the son of Major Richard Thornton and Margery Alice Clerk.²
     He was educated at Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England^G.¹

     Anthony Christopher Lawrence Thornton was born on 18 August 1947.¹ He is the son of Major Richard Thornton and Margery Alice Clerk.² He married Lyn Christine Thurlby, daughter of Laurence Thurlby, on 18 February 1983.¹ He and Lyn Christine Thurlby were divorced in 1998.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Keble College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.)¹ He graduated from Keble College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1970 entitled to practise as a barrister.¹ He became a in 1976, Leathersellers’ Company.¹ He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.) in 1988.¹ He held the office of Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1992. He held the office of Recorder between 1992 and 1994. He held the office of Circuit Judge in 1994.¹ He was Governor of Colfe’s School in 2000.¹ He was a member of the Parole Board in 2002.¹

     Laurence Thurlby lived at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹

     Lyn Christine Thurlby is the daughter of Laurence Thurlby.² She married Anthony Christopher Lawrence Thornton, son of Major Richard Thornton and Margery Alice Clerk, on 18 February 1983.¹ She and Anthony Christopher Lawrence Thornton were divorced in 1998.¹
     From 18 February 1983, her married name became Thornton.

     Matthew James Thornton was born on 12 June 1983.¹ He is the son of Anthony Christopher Lawrence Thornton and Lyn Christine Thurlby.² He married Miranda Jane Thérèse Brougham, daughter of Christopher John Brougham and Mary Olwen Corker.³

     Dr. Anna Sara Constance Thornton was born on 1 May 1952.¹ She is the daughter of Major Richard Thornton and Margery Alice Clerk.² She married Lancelot Maxwell Stimson on 17 January 1976.¹
     She was educated at St. Mary’s Calne, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England^G.¹ She graduated from Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England^G, with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.)¹ She graduated from Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England^G, with a Bachelor of Surgery (B.S.)¹ She was appointed Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists (F.R.C.R.)¹ She graduated from Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, England^G, with a Diploma in Medical Radiological Diagnosis (D.M.R.D.)¹ She was a Consultant Radiologist in 1996 at Queen Mary University Hospital, Roehampton, Surrey, England^G.¹ She lived in 2003 at Gallery Flat, Lloyd’s Wharf, Mill Street, London, England^G.¹

     Lancelot Maxwell Stimson married Dr. Anna Sara Constance Thornton, daughter of Major Richard Thornton and Margery Alice Clerk, on 17 January 1976.¹

     Mary Helen Clerk was born on 13 February 1915.¹ She was the daughter of Herbert Edward Clerk and Helen Heuer.² She married Michael George Russell Adams, son of Captain Henry George Homer Adams, on 22 December 1939.¹ She died on 15 February 1989 at age 74.¹
     She was educated at St. Paul’s Girls’ School, London, England^G.¹ She graduated from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ From 22 December 1939, her married name became Adams.

     Captain Henry George Homer Adams lived at Hereford, Herefordshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)¹