William Thornton (died 1769)

William Thornton (1712/13–1769) of Cattal was an English politician, Member of Parliament for York, described also as a "celebrated though eccentric sportsman". He raised a militia troop to oppose the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, and gained royal favour.[1][2]

  1. ^ Speight, Harry (1894). "Nidderdale and the garden of the Nidd: a Yorkshire Rhineland. Being a complete account, historical, scientific, and descriptive, of the beautiful valley of the Nidd". London, E. Stock. p. 161.
  2. ^ "William Thornton (THNN731W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.