Sophia Thornton, countess of Leven and Melville (1806–1834)
Sophia Leslie-Melville, countess of Leven and Melville (1834–1887)
1806–87
Daughter of Henry Thornton. Married John Thornton Leslie-Melville in 1834. Lived at Roehampton House, Roehampton, Surrey.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Burke’s peerage
Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/1087/10/13)
London, England, baptisms, marriages and burials, 1538–1812 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 November 2014)
London, England, marriages and banns, 1754–1921 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 November 2014)
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
Burke’s peerage: A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the United Kingdom. Burke’s peerage and baronetage. 1st– edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1826–.
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