Edmond Thornton | |
Constituency Am1: | Warwick |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 23 September 1868 |
Term End1: | 10 August 1870 |
Predecessor1: | George Clark |
Successor1: | James Morgan |
Constituency Am2: | Eastern Downs |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 22 July 1871 |
Term End2: | 6 November 1873 |
Predecessor2: | Arthur Macalister |
Successor2: | Seat abolished |
Birth Date: | August 1841 |
Birth Place: | Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire, England |
Death Date: | 13 March 1901 (aged 59) |
Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | South Brisbane Cemetery |
Birthname: | Edmond Lambert Thornton |
Nationality: | English Australian |
Spouse: | Margaret Horrigan (m.1869 d.1920) |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Edmond Lambert Thornton was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
He represented Warwick, 23 September 1868 to 10 August 1870, and represented Eastern Downs, 22 July 1871 to 6 November 1873.
He was born in August 1841 at Burton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire, England.
In 1869[2] he married Margaret Horrigan in Warwick and together had 8 sons and 6 daughters.[1]
He owned a property in Warwick "Lonsdale" on Freestone Road and was mayor in Warwick in 1869–1870.[3] He died 13 March 1901 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and was buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.[4]