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    Henry Thornton (10 March 1760 – 16 January 1815) was an English economist, banker, philanthropist and parliamentarian. He was the son of John Thornton...
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    – comedian Lytton Strachey – writer Mark Thomas – comedian Henry Thorntonabolitionist Polly Toynbee – journalist Rosina Vokes – actress and dancer...
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  • Henry Thornton (abolitionist), campaigner against the slave trade Henry Thornton (railroader), president of Canadian National Railway Hugh Thornton (American...
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    Petition Against Slavery, which marked the beginning of the American abolitionist movement. Before the Revolutionary War, evangelical colonists were the...
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    eldest of nine children of the philanthropist, economist and abolitionist Henry Thornton (1760–1815) and his wife Marianne Sykes (1765–1815). Her father...
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    Thornton (c.1797-1859) & his wife Emily Elizabeth née Rice. His grandfather was the abolitionist MP Samuel Thornton and his uncle was Henry Thornton,...
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    Stephen Henry Thornton John Thornton Marianne Thornton Henry Venn John Venn William Wilberforce Tomkins, Stephen (2010). "12. The Thorntons". The Clapham...
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    prominent boarding establishment in 1787 and 1788—were cognizant of Thornton's abolitionist activities. However, after moving to the City of Washington, he...
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    William Thornton Kemper Sr. (November 2, 1867 – January 19, 1938) was an American banker who was the patriarch of the Missouri Kemper family, which developed...
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    leave the wilderness. Later in the novel, when Henry Crawford suggests destroying the grounds of Thornton Lacy to create something new, his plans are rejected...
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