Thomas Henry Babington
1833–1907
Civil servant. Matriculated as a pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1852. Clerk at the Board of Trade, 1861. Robert FitzRoy’s assistant in the Meteorological Department. American merchant living at Eastham, Cheshire, 1881.
Sources
Alum. Cantab.
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/667/6/3), 1881 (RG11/3569/10/13)
Mellersh 1968, pp. 288–9
Post Office London directory 1865 ‘Official directory’
Bibliography
Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.
Mellersh, Harold Edward Leslie. 1968. FitzRoy of the Beagle. London: Rupert Hart-Davis.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
