Thomas Larcom

Major-General Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 1st Baronet PC FRS (22 April 1801 – 15 June 1879)[1][2] was a leading official in the early Irish Ordnance Survey that started in 1824. He later became a poor law commissioner, census commissioner and finally executive head of the British administration in Ireland as under-secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, a position the government of the day was eager for him to take.

Thomas Larcom
Born22 April 1801 
Died15 June 1879  (aged 78)
Spouse(s)Georgina d'Aguilar 
ChildrenGeorgina Frances Larcom, George Larcom, Thomas Henry Larcom, Sir Charles Larcom, 2nd Bt., Arthur Larcom 
Parent(s)
  • Joseph Larcom 
  • Ann Hollis 
FamilyJoseph Paffard Dickson Larcom 
Rankmajor general 

The longest-serving under-secretary (1853–1868), and a man of unusual abilities, Larcom had a distinguished career in his adopted country and acted with an impartiality that won him respect from all parties. In 1868 he was admitted to the Irish Privy Council and created a Baronet.

Arms
Coat of arms of Thomas Larcom
Crest
On a cap of maintenance Azure turned up Ermine a martlet Sable with a fleur-de-lis in its beak Or.
Escutcheon
Argent on a mount a hawthorn bush Proper and in chief an eagle displayed Gules.
Motto
Le Roy La Loy [3]

Bibliography
  • Ordnance survey of the county of Londonderry (1837)
  • Petty, William (1851). Larcom, Thomas Aiskew (ed.). The History of the Survey of Ireland commonly called The Down Survey by Doctor William Petty A.D. 1655-6 . Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society – via Wikisource.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Footnotes
  1. Dictionary of National Biography
  2. Dictionary of Ulster Biography
  3. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

References
Government offices
Preceded by
John Wynne		 Under-Secretary for Ireland
1853–1868		 Succeeded by
Sir Edward Robert Wetherall
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
1868–1879		 Succeeded by
Charles Larcom

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