| 词条 | Charles Wade Thornton |
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| name = Sir Charles Wade Thornton | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1 June 1764 | death_date = {{death date and age|1854|4|6|1764|6|1|df=yes}} | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = St. Mary's Churchyard, Paddington, England | birth_place = Northumberland County, Virginia | death_place = St James's Palace, London, UK | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank = Lieutenant-General | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards = | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Wade Thornton, KCH (1 June 1764 – 6 April 1854) was a British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. LifeThornton was born in Northumberland County, Virginia, to Presley Thornton and Charlotte Belson. His father was a wealthy and politically powerful planter who was descended from William Thornton, who arrived from England before 1649. His father died when he was of an early age and his mother moved the family to England before the start of the Revolutionary War. Thornton entered the King's Army at the rank of lieutenant in 1779.[1] Thornton served in the lowlands in 1782 being wounded at the Battle of Farmars and losing his arm during the Battle of Lannoy.[2] He rose to the rank of captain in 1793, lieutenant-colonel in 1811, colonel in 1825, major-general in 1837 and finally lieutenant-general in 1846.[1] Thornton was knighted by William IV in 1831.[1] He was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Hull in 1816. Thornton had a close relationship with the British Royal family over his life, serving under the Duke of York and saving the Duke's life during the Walcheren Campaign in 1809. He was equerry to the Duke of Cumberland from 1813 until his death and had a close relationship with George IV.[1] Thornton was among the chief mourners at the funeral of H.R.H. Princess Sophia.[3] Thornton died on 6 April 1854 in his private apartment at St James's Palace. He was buried in St. Marys Churchyard, Paddington, next to the grave of his mother.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last=Tyler|first=Lyon Gardiner|title=The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 5|publisher=William & Mary Press.|location=Richmond, VA|page=200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SQjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA200 }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thornton, Charles Wade}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Hart|first=Capt. H. G.|title=Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List|year=1847|publisher=J. Murray|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I_sFoxknKREC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Urban|first=Sylvanus|title=The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 184-185|year=1848|publisher=F. Jefferies|location=London|page=201|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2U3AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Notes and Queries: For Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians|year=1892|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|page=411|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jws4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA411 }} 8 : British Army generals|1764 births|1854 deaths|People from Northumberland County, Virginia|British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War|British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars|Knights Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order|American emigrants to the United Kingdom |
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