Thomas Geldart

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Thomas Charles Geldart, LL.D (21 May 1797 - 17 September 1877)^[1] was a lawyer and academic^[2] in the nineteenth century.^[3]

Geldaret was born at Kirk Deighton and educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1818 and MA in 1821. He was Fellow of Trinity Hall from 1821^[4] to 1836. He was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1823. He was Master of Trinity Hall from 1852^[5] until his death.^[6] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1853^[7] to 1854.^[8]

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References

↑ 'The Will, dated August 15, 1873, of Thomas Charles Geldart, LL. D., Master of Trinity-hall, University of Cambridge, who died on September 17 last, was proved on the 23rd ylt. by the Rev. Geldart John Evans Riadore, the Rev. James William Geldart, and Henry Charles Geldart, the nephews, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £38, 000. The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, November 6, 1877; p. 3; issue 4976. (670 words). British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900
↑ 'Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of the Vice-Chancellor of England, during the time of the Right Hon. Sir John Leach' Maddock, H (d 1824); Geldart, T.C. (1824-29): London; J. & W.T. Clarke; 1829
↑ 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, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. iii. Gabb – Justamond, (1947) p30
↑ 'On the 15th inst. Thomas Charles Geldart, M A Monugest son of the Rev. Dr. Geldart, Rector of Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, was elected Fellow of Trinity-hall, in place of sir John W. Compton, deceased' "The Bury and Norwich Post": Or Suffolk, Essex, Cambridge, Ely, and Norfolk Telegraph (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, November 28, 1821; issue 2057. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900
↑ 'Multiple News Items' Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, March 10, 1852; p. 5; issue 24414. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900.
↑ 'University Intelligence' The Times (London, England), Wednesday, September 19, 1877; p. 10; issue 29051
↑ 'University Intelligence' Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, December 29, 1853; p. 5; issue 24968. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900
↑ University of Cambridge web-site

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[1] 'The Will, dated August 15, 1873, of Thomas Charles Geldart, LL. D., Master of Trinity-hall, University of Cambridge, who died on September 17 last, was proved on the 23rd ylt. by the Rev. Geldart John Evans Riadore, the Rev. James William Geldart, and Henry Charles Geldart, the nephews, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £38, 000. The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, November 6, 1877; p. 3; issue 4976. (670 words). British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900

[2] 'Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of the Vice-Chancellor of England, during the time of the Right Hon. Sir John Leach' Maddock, H (d 1824); Geldart, T.C. (1824-29): London; J. & W.T. Clarke; 1829

[3] 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, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. iii. Gabb – Justamond, (1947) p30

[4] 'On the 15th inst. Thomas Charles Geldart, M A Monugest son of the Rev. Dr. Geldart, Rector of Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, was elected Fellow of Trinity-hall, in place of sir John W. Compton, deceased' "The Bury and Norwich Post": Or Suffolk, Essex, Cambridge, Ely, and Norfolk Telegraph (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, November 28, 1821; issue 2057. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900

[5] 'Multiple News Items' Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, March 10, 1852; p. 5; issue 24414. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900.

[6] 'University Intelligence' The Times (London, England), Wednesday, September 19, 1877; p. 10; issue 29051

[7] 'University Intelligence' Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, December 29, 1853; p. 5; issue 24968. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900

[8] University of Cambridge web-site

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