Robinson Thornton

Robinson Thornton was Archdeacon of Middlesex from 1893 until 1903.
He was educated at Merchant Taylors' and St John's [College, Oxford]. He joined the staff of St John's, was ordained in 1852 and served a curacy at St Thomas', Oxford. He was the first headmaster of Epsom College and then Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond. In 1878 he became Vicar of St John, Notting Hill; and in 1889 a prebendary of St [Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's].
He died on 15 August 1906; his brother Samuel Thornton was the first Anglican [Bishop of Ballarat].