Thomas Larcom
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Major-General Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom, 1st Baronet PC (24 December 1801-15 June 1879), 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.
The longest-serving under-secretary (1853-68), 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.
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Drummond |
Under-Secretary for Ireland 1853–1868 |
Succeeded by Thomas Henry Burke |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New creation |
Baronet 1868–1879 |
Succeeded by Charles Larcom |
