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unusual facts about Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet


Thomas Metcalfe

Sir Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet (1795–1853), East India Company servant, agent to Governor General of India, son of the above


Digby Mackworth Dolben

His father, William Harcourt Isham Mackworth (1806—1872), a younger son of Sir Digby Mackworth, the 3rd Baronet, took the additional surname Dolben after he married Frances, the heiress of Sir John English Dolben, the 4th Baronet.

Forest Retreat

Interred at this plot are Thomas Metcalfe (1780–1855) and various of his relatives, and 1954 Kentucky Derby winning horse, Determine.

Thomas Metcalfe

T. Nelson Metcalf (1890–1982), American football and basketball player, coach and college athletics administrator

Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet

During the rainy season he used to stay at 'Dilkusha' (Delight of the Heart), which was built on the first floor of the tomb of Mohammed Quli Khan, brother of Adham Khan, general of Mughal Emperor, Akbar, situated south east of the Qutb complex in Mehrauli, an area which was also the traditional retreat of the Mughals for the season.

He filled it with his collections of art, books and relics of Napoleon.


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