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Thornton, Sir Edward, (1766-1852), Knight, diplomat

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Surname: Thornton
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Edward
Gender: Male
Date: 1766-1852
Biography: ODNB link for Thornton, Sir Edward (1766-1852) Knight Diplomat
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275303 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P150350 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1. Sir Edward Thornton (1766-1852)
2
1793-1886: Foreign Office: Thornton Papers
The National Archives, Kew
FO 933
3
1793-1845: corresp and papers
The National Archives
FO 933
See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
4
memoirs
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
5
1812-21: corresp with lord Castlereagh
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
D3030
NRA 12865 Stewart
6
1806-07: corresp with Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
Grey of Howick collection
NRA 6228 Grey
7
1804-05: letters (17) to Lord Harrowby
Harrowby Manuscripts Trust
NRA 1561 Ryder
8
1805-07: corresp with Francis Jackson
The National Archives
FO 353
9
1803-20: corresp with Robert Liston
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MSS 5599-5663 passim
10
1813, 1820-21: corresp with Sir Hudson Lowe
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 20111, 20131-33, 20149-50, 20191, 20233
11
1820-21: corresp with Lord Melville
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD51
NRA 10188 Dundas
12
1808: letters to Sir John Moore
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 57543
13
1805-07: corresp with HM Pierrepont
The National Archives
FO 334