Samuel Thornton
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Samuel Thornton (1755 – 1838) was one of the sons of John Thornton, a leading merchant in the Russian and Baltic trade, and became a director of the Bank of England. He was M.P. for Kingston upon Hull from 1784 – 1818 and was a member of the Committee for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts.
He bought Albury Manor, Albury, Surrey in 1800, and lived there until 1811.
During the early 1800s Thornton built housing in the hamlet of Weston Street, a mile to the west of Albury, for the resettlement of villagers removed from cottages in Albury Park, as part of the agricultural improvements.
