Jocelyn Hume THOMAS 1
- Born: 13 Oct 1868, Cockermouth, Cumbria, Cumberland, England 2
- Christened: 9 Nov 1868, Oakfield, Crostwaithe, Cumberland, England 3
- Marriage (1): Maria Willington Roper (May) AGAR on 26 Feb 1908 in St Paul’s Church, Kandy, Ceylon
- Died: Sep 1947, Hailsham, Sussex, England aged 78 4
General Notes:
Harrow School 1883
Dulwich College 1885
Census 1901: Edward H., Jocelyn, Flo & Helen where visitors at 64, Newton Hall, Whittington, Lancashire. Head of family: North North (* see note belowabout Newton Hall and the North family)
Of Talawakelle, Ceylon in his father's obituary (1915)
http://www.talawakelleteas.com/
http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Users/view/11131741
Manager of Combewood Estate 1904-1925
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the campaign medal roll at WO 100/211:
Regimental no. 6. Lc Corpl E. H. L.Thomas - clasps "Dreifontein", "Johannesburg", "Diamond Hill", "Wittebergen" "Cape Colony". Marginal note: "invalided to England 5/10/00"
Regimental no. 60. Trooper J. H. Thomas - clasps "Dreifontein", Johannesburg", "Wittebergen" "Cape Colony" (seems to have missed the battle of Diamond Hill)
Jocelyn H. Thomas signed a receipt for his medal on 16/12/1901. He also signed for "Lieut. E. H. Thomas"'s medal on 9/12/1901.
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Ferguson's Directory Ceylon:
1913: listed in C.M.I. 1st Contingent for South Africa as it left Ceylon Feb. 1st 1900: J.H. Thomas (notes: h) proceeded home; v) represented Ceylon at the Queen's funeral; g) returned to Ceylon)
1917 to 1922: Thomas Jocelyn H., lc.c. ... Planter... Combewood... Talawakele
24 July 1923: Arrives London on the "Herefordshire" from Rangoon, Burma; Mr. J.H. Thomas 54, Mrs Thomas 41, Miss Thomas 13 & Master Henry Thomas 9 (last residence Ceylon)
1924 to 1926: Thomas Jocelyn H., lc.c. ... Planter... Combewood... Talawakele; T.P. No. 38 In Europe
Not mentionned in Ferguson's Directories in 1928 or 1930.
Present in 1926 at the funeral of his sister in law Dorothy (w. of Henry Melville Thomas) in Cheltenham. Source: Obituary.
British Phone Books:
1925 Cedar Cottage, Dawlish, Exeter
1927 - 1930 23 Prebend Mansions, W4 Chiswick, London
Electoral registers:
1933-1939: 240 Portsdown Road, Paddington, London W9 (then renamed Randolph Avenue in Maida Vale) with Thomas Maria Willington, Thomas Barbara Marian, Thomas Henry Walter Finlay
* http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53310: The Carus family had been much reduced in fortune, partly, no doubt, owing to their adherence to the Roman Catholic religion, and after the Revolution to the Stuart cause; and after the death of Thomas Carus in 1716 the estates in part had to be sold by order of the Court of Chancery. Thus in 1732 the manor of Whittington was acquired by James Bordrigge, of a family long settled in the neighbourhood, (fn. 63) and by the marriage of his daughter and heir Alice to Oliver North of Newton, representative of a younger branch of the Norths of Docker, it came to the ancestors of the present holder. Their son Miles inherited the Thurland lordship; his son Richard Toulmin North dying unmarried in 1865 was succeeded by his grand-nephew Mr. North Burton, who then assumed the surname of North. He died 11 April 1910, and was succeeded by his son Colonel Bordrigge North North, C.B., M.V.O., the present lord of the manor. (fn. 64) ; Also a Frederick North was Governor of Ceylon from 1798 to 1805.
Noted events in his life were:
1. School: Harrow, 1883, England.
2. School: Dulwich College, 1885, London, Middlesex, England.
3. Military Service: Boer War, Ceylon Mounted Rifles, 1900, South Africa.
4. Census: visitor; Head North North; with brother H.E. and sister Flo & Helen, 1901, Newton Hall, Wittington, Lancashire, England.
5. Residence: Combewood, Talawakele as a Tea Planter, 1915-1923, Ceylon.
6. Travel: from Ceylon with wife and 2 children, 24 Jul 1923, England.
7. Residence, 1925, Dawlish, Exeter, England; British phone book.
8. Sister in law's Funeral: Present at his sister in law's funeral, 1926, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
9. Residence, 1927-1930, Prebend Mansions, Chiswick, London; British phone book.
Jocelyn married Maria Willington Roper (May) AGAR, daughter of Walter James AGAR and Barbara Marie Roper FINLAY, on 26 Feb 1908 in St Paul’s Church, Kandy, Ceylon. (Maria Willington Roper (May) AGAR was born on 10 Mar 1881 in Ceylon and died in Jun 1961 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England 5.)
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