title: Richard Thornton (landowner)
text: # Richard Thornton (landowner)
  
  Sir Richard Eustace Thornton, KCVO, OBE (10 October 1922 - 7 January 2014) was Lord Lieutenant of Surrey from 2 May 1986 until 29 October 1997. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was married to Gay and had four daughters.
  
  