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Edward Thornton, 2nd Count of Cacilhas Quotes

1817–1906

Sir Edward Thornton GCB (13 July 1817 – 26 January 1906) was a prominent British diplomat, who held posts in Latin America, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, and served for fourteen years as Minister to the United States.

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Partial photo of Thornton, held by the National Archives.

Caricature by Carlo Pellegrini, published in Vanity Fair in 1886.

“Not the smallest traces of these temples, however, now remain; and according to the native tradition, they were demolished by Aurungzebe who built a mosque on part of the site”.

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