Robinson Thornton (1824–1906)The Times, Tuesday, Apr 17, 1906; pg. 4; Issue 37996; col E Obituary was Archdeacon of MiddlesexBooth, LSE from 1893Ecclesiastical Intelligence. The Times (London, England), Thursday, May 11, 1893; pg. 12; Issue 33948. until 1903.Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 11, 1903; pg. 7; Issue 37261.
He was educated at Merchant Taylors' and St John's College, Oxford."Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University" Foster, J (Ed) Vol IV p1414Oxford, Parker & Co,1888 He joined the staff of St John's, was ordained in 1852ORDINATIONS.Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, June 19, 1852; Issue 5173 and served a curacy at St Thomas', Oxford. He was the first headmaster of Epsom CollegeOPENING OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford, England), Saturday, July 7, 1855; Issue 5332 and then Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond.'The head-mastership of the Royal Medical College at Epsom, vacant by the preferment of the Rev. Robinson Thornton, M. A., to the wardenship of Trinity College, Glenalmond, has been conferred upon the Rev. Dr. W. D. West, of St. John's College, Oxford.' The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, August 22, 1870; pg. 2; Issue 30172 In 1878 he became Vicar of St John, Notting Hill;'Ecclesiastical' Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Wednesday, June 19, 1878; Issue 8529 and in 1889 a prebendary of St Paul's.
He died on 15 August 1906; his brother Samuel Thornton was the first Anglican Bishop of Ballarat.
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