Henry Thornton

(1760-1815)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Thornton, Henry, 1760-1815 NRA: Thornton Henry (1760-1815) MP Philanthropist and Economist DNB: Thornton, Henry (1760-1815), banker and political economist LBT ID: HeThorn1815 VIAF ID: 42996665 LOC ID: n82085601	B/BAP: 1760-03-10 DIED: 1815-01-16
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Banker, MP, and cousin of William Wilberforce; he wrote An Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain (1802).