Dr Thomas Oxley (1805 - 1886)

Known References

An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore 1819-1867
Singapore Sketchbook
The Singapore House 1819-1942 by Lee Kip Lin
Singapore, A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places by N Edwards & Peter Keys
Col. D G Crawford’s books on the Indian Medical Service
Logan’s Journal Volume 1 and again in 1847
One Hundred Years of Singapore, (1921), (eds) W Makepeace, G E Brooke, R
St J Bradell, with an intro by CM Turnbull, London, John Murray Albernaurle
Street W.
Characters of Light by M J Doggett, Singapore, Times Books International, 1985
Images of Asia: Old Singapore by Maya Jayapal
Travellers’ Tales of Old Singapore compiled by Michael Wise
Microfilm Records in National Archives of Singapore
Singapore Then and Now by Ray Tyers, Landmark Books
A Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes from the Journals of Sir James Brooke, and An Account of the Cruise of H.M.S Isis by Capt G Rodney Mundy, pub. Murray (1848)

Jackson, James C., Planters and Speculators, University of Malaya Press (Kuala Lumpur, 1968)
Norris, George, "Singapore Thirty Years Ago", The Straits Times, Straits Times Press (Singapore, 1878)
Pearson, H F, A History of Singapore, University of London Press (London, 1956)
Tyres, R K, Singapore Then and Now, University Education Press (Singapore, 1976)

Year	Event/Fact
1805	Thomas Oxley born in Dublin, took degree in medicine at Marischal College, Aberdeen.
1825	Joined Penang Establishment on 15 April
1830	Appointed Assistant Surgeon to Residency, 13th February. Transferred to Singapore vice Dr Sim, deceased, October.
1833	Married Lucy Caroline [surname possibly Hayes] according to India Office pensions records on 11 June 1833. Her name mentioned on records of children’s baptisms in India Office Ecclesiastical Returns.
1838	Transferred to Malacca (under protest).
1841	Returned to Singapore, 12th October.
1842	Appointed Sheriff for the three Settlements, September.
1844	Appointed Senior Surgeon, Straits Settlements, 17th January.
1845	Thomas' fourth daughter, Elleanor Amelia, dies 1st November 1845 in Singapore, aged 3 years and 4 months.
1847	Promoted to rank of Surgeon, 23rd February.
1850	Began to dispose of land, selling in lots
1857	Retired to England, aged 52, 23rd February.
1861	Lucy Caroline died in England.
1886	Thomas Oxley died in March.

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