Thomas Druce FFMFF

[Sunny Kate]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as:
Thomas Charles Druce
Date and place of birth:
Possibly Witney, Oxfordshire ( as per 1851 census), birth about 1796
Names of parents
Unknown – possibly illegitimate son of ??
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Unknown
* About 50 years after TC Druce’s death the widow of one of his sons claimed TC was in reality the 5th Duke of Portland who lived a double life. A long series of court cases spanning about 10 years followed during which time no evidence of TC’s birth/ parents was ever discovered in spite of extensive searches by various people. In 1907 his body was exhumed and identified. The claim that TC was the Duke was proved pure fiction.
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
16 th October, 1816 married Elizabeth Crickmer at St James, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
30 October, 1851 married Annie May at Windsor.
Occupation(s) - if any
Draper’s assistant, Upholsterer, proprietor of the Baker Street Bazaar, 68 Baker Street.
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses
you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Bury St Edmunds Suffolk 1816 – abt 1833 when he deserted his wife Elizabeth.
TC moved to London by 1833
1841 ‘ lodging at Lodge Road, District of Marylebone
1851- residence with Annie May – 2 Richmond Green, Richmond
1861- residence at 58 Finchley Road, St John's Wood
Date, place of death
26 December, 1864 at Holcombe House, Hendon London
Cause of death –
abscess, gangrene resulting from fistula
Date and place of burial.
Burial at Highgate Cemetery on 31 December, 1864
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Probate granted 10 February 1865.
Memorial inscription - if any N/K