Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Thornton, Sir Edward

by Joseph Foster

Thornton, Sir Edward, g.c.b., created D.C.L. 13 June, (s. Right Hon. Sir Edward Thornton, G.C.B., envoy to Sweden), and Count de Cassilhas in Portugal, senior optime & B.A. from Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, 1840, M.A. 1877, hon. fellow 1887; hon. LL.D. Harvard University, U.S., 1879, minister Argentine Republic 1859-65, to Brazil 1865-7, and to Portugal 1867, envoy and minister plenipotentiary to United States 1867-81, ambassador to Russia 1881-4, and to Turkey 1884-6, C.B. 1863, K.C.B. 9 Aug., 1870, P.C. 1871, G.C.B. 21 Aug., 1883. See Foster's Baronetage.