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    Holroyd, Thomas

    Male 1799 - 1893  (~ 94 years)


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    • Name Holroyd, Thomas 
      Born 23 Mar 1799  Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Buried 27 Nov 1893  Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I03043  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 26 May 2015 

      Family Morgan, Sarah,   b. Abt 1800, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1853, Clifton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
      Married 05 Jul 1823  St Georges Bloomsbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +1. Holroyd, Sarah Morgan,   b. 1836, Calcutta, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 29 Dec 1921, Hampton Court Palace, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years)
      Family ID F01072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Son of Justice George Holroyd.

        Thomas, b. 23rd March, 1799; educated at Harrow; entered the profession of the law, which he abandoned in 1827; was a member of the Light Horse Volunteers, and in 1821 did duty at the coronation of King George IV; in November, 1831, being on a visit to the continent, he had the good fortune to give important aid in saving the town of Spa from destruction by fire, for which service he was presented with a silver medal. In 1832 Mr. Thomas Holroyd proceeded to Calcutta, and after joining a mercantile house there, became high sheriff of Calcutta in 1837...



        1841 Census: Gifford Stroke, Gloucestershire, England:
        Stroke Park, Gifford Stroke:
        Thomas Holroyd 42 Ind Not born in county
        Sarah Holroyd 36 "
        Sarah Holroyd 6 "
        Plus 7 servants


        1851 census: Can't find to date


        1861 Census: Marylebone, London, England:
        Upper Berkley Street, St Mary, Marylebone
        Thomas Holroyd Head Wid 62 years Merchant Middlesex
        Sarah Holroyd Dau Unmarr 25 years Calcutta, Bengal


        1871 Census: London(Extra Parochial)
        Visitor at 3 Elm Court(Premises of Solicitor)
        Thomas Holroyd Widower Retired 72 Retired East India Merchant, Born London


        1881 Cenus: Surrey, England:
        Hampton Court Palace Apartments with his daughter Sarah Chamberlain