Samuel Boileau Goad

Samuel Boileau Goad
Personal details
Born 21 August 1806
Madras
Died 13 December 1876
Simla

Samuel Thomas Boileau Goad (21 August 1806 – 13 December 1876) was a major[1] of the 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry and one of the principal property owners in Simla, India during the years of British rule. By his death, Goad had accumulated 33 properties in the town. The buildings were among the most valuable in Simla and included Barnes’ Court, Kennedy House, the Park and Holly Lodge.[2]

Goad was the father of Horatio Boileau Goad and father-in-law of William Knight Treves, brother of Sir Frederick Treves, the surgeon associated with the Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick. Samuel Boileau Goad committed suicide on 13 December 1876.[3] He is one of the last people to be buried in Simla's Cart Road Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/21729/pages/2308/page.pdf | accessdate= 5 November 2013
  2. ↑ http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Churches-and-cemeteries-of-Himachal-Pradesh.aspx | accessdate= 16 October 2012
  3. ↑ http://www.holmesacourt.org/hac/9416.htm | accessdate= 1 November 2013
  4. ↑ http://books.google.co.in/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&lpg=PA52&dq=Samuel%20Boileau%20Goad&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q=Samuel%20Boileau%20Goad&f=false Gazetteer of the Simla District, 1904 | accessdate= 5 November 2013
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