Background
THORNTON, Percy Melville was born on December 29, 1841 in 12 Upper Gloucester Place, London. Son of late Rear - Admiral Samuel Thornton and Emily Elizabeth, daughter of Reverend J. Rice.
THORNTON, Percy Melville was born on December 29, 1841 in 12 Upper Gloucester Place, London. Son of late Rear - Admiral Samuel Thornton and Emily Elizabeth, daughter of Reverend J. Rice.
Harrow; Jesus College Cambridge At Cambridge was first secretary of the inter-University sports, and afterwards in London. Champion half mile; since 18S0 has pursued a literary career, which has only been interrupted by parliamentary duties. Master of Laws (Cambridge).
His interest in athletics led to him becoming secretary of Cambridge University Athletics Club in 1863. From 1871 to 1899 he was Honorary Secretary of Middlesex County Cricket Club. In 1880 he took up residence at the family home in Clapham.
Thornton rejected his family"s adherence to Liberal politics and became a supporter of the Conservative party.
In 1880 he began his writing career with the pamphlet Recovered Thread of England"s Foreign Policy, which espoused Conservative policies. He followed this with the three-volume Foreign Secretaries of the Nineteenth Century (1891), Harrow School and its Surroundings" (1883), The Brunswick Ascension (1887) and The Stuart Dynasty (1890).
At the general election of 1892 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Clapham. Following his retirement from politics, he was elected to the position of Registrar of the Royal Literary Fund, and wrote an autobiography, Some Things I Have Remembered in 1911.
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Conservative.
He successfully defended the seat three times before retiring from parliament in 1910.
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28th United Kingdom Parliament.