Thomas Pearsall Thorne (1861-1922) was a widely known composer, turf man, and race horse owner, and a brother of Oakley Thorne, a New York financier. He was born in New York on 26 July 1861 to Edwin Thomas Thorne and Charlotte T. Pearsall. He was a descendant of William Thorne, who settled on Long Island in 1645, when he was one of the patentees of Flushing; later he received a large grant that included the Gravesend section of Brooklyn; in 1657 he became a proprietor of Jamaica, Queens.
Thorne was elected to The Lambs on January 18, 1894. With Brother Lamb Clay M. Greene, he co-wrote the score of The Maid Of Plymouth: Comic Opera In 2 Acts.
He was a graduate of Yale in the class of 1882. In addition to The Lambs, he was a member of the University Club and Racket and Tennis Club.
Thorne left New York to live in Paris near Versailles. He died there January 12, 1922. He was 60 years old.