Thomas Boddington the elder

Son of Benjamin Boddington (1730-1791) and father of Thomas Boddington the younger (q.v.). Described as 'retired merchant' in the 1861 census, which put his age at 80; the 1851 census similarly put his age as 70, but the registration of his burial at All Souls Kensal Green in 1862 gave his age as 88, consistent with a baptism record for Thomas Boddington son of Benjamin Boddington in 1774. Despite the 1861 census occupation, it is not clear how much involvement this Thomas Boddington had in the family firm: by the time of slave compensation, it was his son Thomas Boddington the younger who appears in the compensation records.

1. Will of Thomas Boddington formerly of Upper Berkeley Street and then of Cumberland Place and of Paris in France, but lately of Gunnersbury Lodge in Ealing who died 25/10/1862 proved 26/11/1862 by Thomas Boddington of Gunnersbury Lodge the son, effetcs under £60,000.

1851 and 1861 censuses online; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online].

1. National Probate Calendar 1862.