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Henry Worth Thornton
Sir Henry Worth Thornton, KBE (November 6, 1871 – March 14, 1933) was a businessman and president of Canadian National Railways. His parents were Henry Clay Thornton and Millamenta Comegys Worth. Henry W. Thornton married Virginia D. Blair, from a prominent Pittsburgh family, on June 20, 1901; They had two children: James Worth Thornton and Anna Blair Thornton (Harrison). In 1926 Sir Henry divorced his wife.〔Lady Thornton Wins Philadelphia Divorce. New York Times, July 28, 1926 (pg.17)〕 He remarried shortly thereafter to Martha Watriss, daughter of prominent attorney and Nassau County Commissioner Frederick N. Watriss.〔Martha Watriss Now Lady Thornton. New York Times, September 12, 1926 (pg. 30)〕
Thornton was General Superintendent of the Long Island Rail Road from 1911 to 1914 and General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway in England from 1914 to 1922. From 1922 to 1932, he was the President of the Canadian National Railways.
Thornton played college football at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the head coach of the football team at Vanderbilt University for one season in 1894.
==Education and career==
After graduating from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire,〔Pier, Arthur Stanwood. St. Paul’s School, 1855-1934. C Scribner’s Sons, 1934〕 Thornton headed for the University of Pennsylvania, where he became a star football player〔Bernstein, Mark F. Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001〕 and served as class president during his freshman year. Upon graduation in 1894, he coached the football team at Vanderbilt University to a 7–1 record.〔Mims, Edwin. History of Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University Press, 1946 (pg. 276).〕
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