TOLBORT, Thomas William Hooper. Dorchester (?) 1842 — Dorchester 1883, when 41. British Civil Servant in India. Son of Hooper Tolbort (1804–1842) and his wife Joanna (1805–1873). I.C.S. examination in 1862. Served in Bengal. Retired for health reasons and returned to the U.K., but died soon. A friend of Thomas Hardy. Married 1875 Clare Cunliffe (d. 1879).
Publications: “Authorities for the History of Portuguese India”, JASB 42:1, 1873, 193-208.
– “The District of Lúdiáná”, JASB 38:1, 1869, 83-104; “The District of Dera Ismail Khan, Trans-Indus”, JASB 40:1, 1871, 1-21, 1 map.
– Tarjuma-i Alif [!] Laila ba-zubán-i-Urdú (Do Jild baharfát-i-Yūrop). Romanized under the Superintendence of T.W.H.T. and edited by F. Pincott. 480 p. L. 1882.
Sources: Stray notes in Internet; findagrave.com on his mother.
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