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