Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, 4th Baronet

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name = Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, 4th Baronet


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caption = Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, 4th Baronet on a picture from the Delhi Book
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employer = East India Company
occupation = Governor-General's Agent at the Imperial court of the Mughal Emperor
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successor = Sir Theophilus John Metcalfe, 5th Baronet
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footnotes = Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, 4th Baronet, (1795–1853) was an East India Company servant and agent to Governor General of India. [cite web
url = http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/pidocs.asp?P=P19710
title = Metcalfe, Sir Thomas Theophilus (1795-1853)
work = National Register of Archives
publisher = The National Archives
accessdate = 2007-05-31] [cite web
url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101040847/
title = Oxford Biography Index: Thomas Metcalfe
work = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
publisher = Oxford University Press
accessdate = 2007-05-31] He was invested with the Order of the Bath. [cite web
url = http://www.metcalfhistory.com/family_history.htm
title = Metcalf Family History and Genealogy
author = Kenneth G Metcalf
work = Metcalf History
accessdate = 2007-05-31]

Sir Thomas Metcalfe arrived in Delhi in 1813 and lived there for forty years.cite web
url = http://www.redhotcurry.com/entertainment/museums/delhi_book.htm
title = Images Of A Lost Empire
publisher = Redhotcurry Limited
date = 2003-08-18
accessdate = 2007-05-31] His brother, Charles Metcalfe, was Resident to the Mughal Emperor's court. In 1830, Metcalfe began to build the "Metcalfe House" on the outskirts of Delhi, taking land belonging to Gujjar villagers. He filled it with his collections of art, books and relics of Napoleon. [cite web
url = http://www.the-south-asian.com/Sep2003/metcalfe_album_of_imperial_delhi.htm
title = Reminiscences of Imperial Dehlie
publisher = the-south-asian.com
month = September
year = 2003
accessdate = 2007-05-31] The Metcalfe House was called "Matka Kothi" by the bearers and khansamahs serving Sir Thomas, as they found it difficult to pronounce the name Metcalfe.

In 1835, Metcalfe became the agent at Delhi after the murder of William Fraser and ran the "Delhi Territory", the area around the old capital under British control since 1803.cite web
url = http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/12/29/stories/2003122900700200.htm
title = This time, that age
work = Metro Plus Delhi
publisher = The Hindu
date = 2003-12-29
accessdate = 2007-05-31] He succeeded his brother as Baronet in 1844, and became an important figure in the cultural climate of Delhi.

While working in India as the Governor-General's Agent at the Imperial court of the Mughal Emperor, Metcalfe compiled an album containing 120 paintings by Indian artists. [cite web
url = http://www.bl.uk/collections/delhibook.html
title = 'The Delhi Book' of Thomas Metcalfe
work = Prints, Drawings and Photographs Section
publisher = The British Library
accessdate = 2007-05-31] The album, termed as "Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi" (also "Dehlie Book" or "Delhi Album") was compiled by Metcalfe in 1844 for his daughters in England. It includes descriptive text and touching words for his daughters.

Metcalfe was allegedly poisoned by one of Bahadur Shah's queens in 1853. His son and successor, Sir Theophilus John Metcalfe, 5th Baronet, was also in the Indian Civil Service. [cite web
url = http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/smythethelgen.htm
title = Family Archives & History Index: The Metcalfe Connection
accessdate = 2007-05-31] During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Metcalfe House was sacked by the Gujjar villagers from whom the land was taken to erect the building. [cite book
last = Sen
first = Geeti
coauthors = Ashis Banerjee
title = The Human Landscape
publisher = Orient Longman
year = 2001
isbn = 8125020454
pages = 236]

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