Sir Henry Worth Thornton, KBE (6 November 1871 in Logansport, Indiana – 14 March 1933 in New York City) 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 Lady Blair Thornton. He remarried shortly thereafter to Martha Watriss, daughter of prominent attorney and Nassau County, NY, Commissioner, Frederick N. Watriss. He was General Superintendent 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. (via Wikipedia)