Thomas Raikes (1777 - 1848)

Born 3 Oct 1777 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Maria (Bayly) Raikes — married 24 May 1802 in St Botolphs, London, England

Died 3 Jul 1848 at age 70 in Brighton, Sussex, England

Biography

• From the Dictionary Of National Biography, accessed via Ancestry, "He was a dandy and a diarist, he was admitted as a partner to his father's office but was more at home in the clubs of the West End." ^[1]

Baptism

• 30 Oct 1777 St Botolph, London, son of Thomas and Charlotte Raikes ^[2]

Marriage

• 24 May 1802 at St Botolphs, London Thomas Raikes the younger and Sophia Maria Bayly, married by Richard Raikes, marriage witnesses Job Mathew Raikes and Thomas Raikes ^[3]

Published Books by Thomas Raikes

The city of the czar : or, A visit to St. Petersburg, in the winter of 1829-30 (Lea & Blanchard, 1838) (page images at HathiTrust)

France, since 1830. (T. and W. Boone, 1841) (page images at HathiTrust)

Personal reminiscences (C. Scribner's sons, 1887), also by Ellis Cornelia Knight and Richard Henry Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)

Personal reminiscences (Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1875), also by Ellis Cornelia Knight and Richard Henry Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)

Personal reminiscences (Scribner, Armstrong, and company, 1876), also by Ellis Cornelia Knight and Richard Henry Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)

A portion of the journal kept by Thomas Raikes, esq., from 1831 to 1847; comprising reminiscences of social and political life in London and Paris during that period. (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856), also by Emily Frances Somerset (page images at HathiTrust)

A portion of the journal kept by Thomas Raikes, esq., from 1831 to 1847 ; comprising reminiscences of social and political life in London and Paris during that period. (Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)

Private correspondence of Thomas Raikes with the Duke of Wellington and other distinguished contemporaries (R. Bentley, 1861), also by Arthur Wellesley Wellington and Harriet Raikes (page images at HathiTrust)

A visit to St. Petersburg, in the winter of 1829-30. (R. Bentley, 1838) (page images at HathiTrust)

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–20, 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JS1B-MQ8 : accessed 17 January 2016), Thomas Raikes, 30 Oct 1777; citing ST BOTOLPH BISHOPSGATE,LONDON,LONDON,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 380,143.
3. ↑ Guildhall, St Botolph Bishopsgate, Register of marriages, 1793 - 1802, P69/BOT4/A/01/Ms 4520/6 Source Information Ancestry.com. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.