Thomas Carlyle (Scottish lawyer)

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Thomas Carlyle (July 17, 1803 - January 28, 1855) was born in King's Grange near Dumfries in Scotland.

He studied and finished law at University of Edinburgh. In 1824 he was registered as lawyer at the Scottish bar. In October 1824 he inherited the title "Baron Carlyle of Torthorwald".

From 1830 on, he came in contact with the Scottish reverend Edward Irving and was named "apostle" of the Catholic Apostolic Church on May, 1st 1835. He took responsibility for Northern Germany.