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
Born	22 April 1801
Died	15 June 1879  (aged 78)
Spouse(s)	Georgina d'Aguilar
Children	Georgina Frances Larcom, George Larcom, Thomas Henry Larcom, Sir Charles Larcom, 2nd Bt., Arthur Larcom
Parent(s)	Joseph Larcom  Ann Hollis
Family	Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom
Rank	major 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

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets