Sir Edward Thornton, 2nd Count of Cacilhas, was a British diplomat who held posts in Latin America, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, and served for fourteen years as Minister to the United States.
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, ambassador of the United Kingdom to Argentina, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Russian Empire, ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United States
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 13, 1817
