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Thomas Henry Lister (
1800‑
5 June,
1842) was an
English novelist and
Registrar General.
Life account
He was born to Thomas Lister of Armitage Park and his first wife Harriet Anne Seale. His maternal grandfather was John Seale.
His paternal half-sister Adelaide Lister was first married to their second cousin
Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale and secondly to
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell.
Lister was educated at
Westminster School and the
University of Cambridge.
He wrote several novels, among which are
Granby (1826),
Herbert Lacy (1828), and
Arlington (1832). He was also the author of a
Life of Clarendon.
In 1836 at the age of 36 he was appointed as the first
Registrar General for
England and Wales, head of the newly formed
General Register Office. He was responsible for setting up the system of
civil registration of births, deaths and marriages, and the organisation of the 1841
UK Census. He died of
tuberculosis in 1842, whilst resident at Adelphi Terrace London.
Marriage
On
6 November,
1830, Lister married Lady Maria Theresa Villiers. She was a daughter of
George Villiers and Theresa Parker.
Her paternal grandparents were
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon and Charlotte Cappell. Her maternal grandparents were
John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon and his second wife Theresa Robinson.
Charlotte Cappell was a daughter of
William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex and Jane Hyde. Theresa Robibson was a daughter of
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham and Frances Worsley.
Jane Hyde was a daughter of
Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and his wife Jane Keveson-Gower. Her maternal grandparents were
Sir William Leveson-Gower, 4th Baronet and Lady Jane Granville.
Jane Granville was a daughter of
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath and Jane Wyche.
Lister and his wife had three chilren:
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