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Richard Thornton (landowner)

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Sir Richard Eustace Thornton KCVO OBE (10 October 1922 – 7 January 2014[1]) was Lord Lieutenant of Surrey from 2 May 1986 until 29 October 1997.[2] He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was married to Gay and had four daughters.

References

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  1. ^ Richard THORNTON O.B.E., K.C.V.O.
  2. ^ "THORNTON, Sir Richard (Eustace)", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014, accessed 5 February 2017.
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey
1986–1997
Succeeded by