Sian asked me what I might like for my birthday? After a little thought, I suggested a box for my new ink-stamps:
On my birthday I opened up a present with this box beneath the wrappings:
Sian pointed out that the box had a handwritten inscription: ‘Tom Gale, Magd Coll, Camb, Oct 1865’.
Without the help of AI, in the archives I found several mentions of Thomas Gale. He grew up in this house, Ogbourn Manor:
At university in Cambridge, he rowed in the Magdalene Boat. He has been recorded as the ” crew’s joker”.
Thomas Gale, became a solicitor in Twickenham. He died four years after his wife Susanna. They had no children.
