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Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, 1st Baronet, DL (22 March 1778 – 10 November 1852) was a member of a prominent family of English Roman Catholics. He served as commander of the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry at the time of the Peterloo Massacre. He was born at Croston Hall near Chorley, Lancashire on 22 March 1778, son of John Trafford and Elizabeth Tempest, and was christened Thomas Joseph Trafford (no ''de''). ==Marriage and family== Thomas married Laura Anne Colman, daughter of Francis Colman of Hillersdon, Devon, on 17 August 1803, and the couple lived at Trafford Hall, in Trafford Park. They had nine daughters and five sons, including: *Elizabeth Jane, born 22 October 1804, died September 1813, aged 8 *Laura Ann, born 23 November 1805, who married Thomas William Riddell of Felton, Northumberland on 4 September 1845 at All Saints Catholic Chapel, Barton-upon-Frode and died 16 May 1877 *Jemima, born 30 January 1807, died 17 January 1883, who in 1829 married her cousin Henry Tempest of Heaton (near Bolton), Lancashire, who was a JP for Lancashire *Humphrey Francis, born 1 May 1808, died 4 May 1886, who became the Second Baronet *Jane Seymour, born 27 July 1809, who in 1842 married George Archer Shee, eldest son of Sir Martin Archer Shee, a former President of the Royal Academy. Jane and George's great-grandson George Archer-Shee was the subject of a notorious 1910 prosecution for allegedly stealing a 5 shilling postal order. The case formed the basis for the play ''The Winslow Boy''. *Maria, born 16 November 1810, died 9 May 1826, aged 15 *Caroline, born 29 March 1812, married William Gerard Walmesley of Westwood, Lancashire, son of Charles Walmesley (1781–1833), on 18 October 1838, and died 21 December 1883 *Thomas William, born 23 August 1813, never married, died 7 May 1844 *Sybilla Catherine (or Catherine-Sybilla), born 23 September 1815, who married Reverend John Sparling, third son of William Sparling of Petton Park, Shropshire in 1843, and died 22 May 1886 *Belinda, born 29 November 1816, never married, died 19 February 1900 *Harriet (or Harriotte), born 25 August 1818, who married James Cunningham, a captain in the Fourth Dragoon Guards, on 27 April 1853 *John Randolphus, born 11 April 1820, married Lady Adelaide Cathcart, daughter of General Sir Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart and Henrietta Mather, on 13 July 1850, died 3 February 1879 (or possibly 15 February 1871). Succeeded to the Croston Estates, previously held jointly by his father with the Trafford estates. Eldest son Sigismund de Trafford. *Charles Cecil, born 18 or 28 December 1821, never married, died 15 December 1878, a captain in the Third Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia and also an officer in the 1st Dragoons *Augustus Henry, born 12 April 1823 (or 1828), married Gertrude Mary Walmesley, daughter of Herman Walmesley, on 19 September 1876, died 19 January 1895 at Haselour Hall, Tamworth〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas de Trafford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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