Harry THORNTON

1864 - 1932  (67 years)

• Name	Harry THORNTON  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	22 Nov 1864	Lochearnhead, Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Joined Ordnance Survey	Feb 1882  [5]
  Joined Ordnance Survey	28 Sep 1882  [3]
  	Register of Staff
  Register of Staff	28 Sep 1882  [3]
  	5788, H Thornton
  	Name: H Thornton Date of Birth: 22/11/1864 Date Joined OS: 28/9/1882 Date Left OS: 3/12/1921 Discharged on reduction Date of Death: 19/4/1932
  1890 Staff List	1 Jul 1890	Ordnance Survey Office, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Examiner on the Ground
  	Name: H Thornton Rank: TCA Nature of duties: Examiner on the Ground Branch: 5th Division (Edinburgh) Pay per diem: 3s 10d Length of service: 7y 9m Increase per diem in last 10 years: 1s 4d
  1891 Census	5 Apr 1891	Carthorpe, Bedale, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  	Examiner Ordnance Survey
  	Relationship: Boarder
  1901 Census	1901	5, Marketgate, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland   [1]
  	Land Surveyor
  1918 List	31 Jul 1918	Ordnance Survey Office, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Revising
  	Name: Harry Thornton Rank: CA Employment: Revising Division: 5th Division Category: Civil Assistants Pay Rate: 8s 0d War Bonus: �2 18s 6d
  Left Ordnance Survey	3 Dec 1921  [3]
  	Register of Staff
  RoS Last Entry	3 Dec 1921  [3]
  	Discharged on reduction
  Name	Henry Thornton  [3, 4]
  Death	19 Apr 1932  [3]
  Person ID	I51549	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Arbroath; ED: 7; Page: 15; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1901_85. Record for Harry Thornton https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=1016547&indiv=try Details: July 1918 List. [S281] Register of Staff, Register of Staff. Details: 1891 Census. Details: 1890 Staff List.