Nicholas Conyngham Tindal PC (1776 - 1846)

Born 12 Dec 1776 in Moulsham, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Merelina (Symonds) Tindal — married 2 Sep 1809 in Pennington, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1846 at age 69 in Elham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Nicholas Cunningham Tindal was born on 12 Dec 1776, and baptised at Chelmsford, Essex on 26 Jul 1777. He was the son of Robert Tindal ^[1] and Sally Pocock. He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford and subsequently at Trinity College Cambridge where he graduated in 1799.

Nicholas was a celebrated English lawyer and responsible for the defense of 'Not Guilty by reason of Insanity'. He married Merelina, daughter of Capt. John Symonds and had four children. ^[2] But .....

..... Nicholas actually had six children, although the 3rd child (Robert John) died the year after he was born, and the 6th child (Isabelle? born Feb 1818) died after 6 weeks.

He died at Elham, Kent in 1846. ^[3]

Nicholas's branch of the Tindal family were said to be descended from John Tindal, Rector of Bere Ferris in Devon. However there is considerable discussion about his origins prior to that. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDW-M7XV : 6 November 2017), Nicholas Cunningham Tindal, 26 Jul 1777, Christening; citing , Chelmsford, Essex, England, Essex Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,472,064.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Wikipedia Article. Nicholas Conyngham Tindal
3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JML-W5D : 31 December 2014), Nicholas Conqugham Tindal, 1846; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Elham, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham". Dictionary of National Biography. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
• Memorial inscription. Chelmsford Cathedral, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom. 06 July 1846, (b. 12 December 1776) TINDAL, Right Honorable Sir Nicolas Conyngham. Photographed by: Emily Delves 15 July 2019
  • Plaque reads: In memory of the Right Honourable Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal KDCL for seventeen year Lord Chief Justice of the court of common pleas. He was born at Chelmsford 12th December 1776 and died at Folkestone 6th July 1846