Army Officer.
Lt-General Sir William Thornton
This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.
Biographical notes
Slavery connections
His nephew, Andrew Todd (c.1754–1796), emigrated to North America to work in his uncle (Isaac Todd)’s fur trading firm. By his will, he released his enslaved person, Jack (‘Andrew Todd (fur trader)’, Wikipedia [online], <> accessed 5 August 2021).
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Donor: presented in 1837: NG83.
Bibliography
History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-,
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-,
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020,
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R. H. Vetch and R. T. Stearn, 'Thornton, Sir William', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-,
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