About Thomas Ludlam
Lived 1775 – 1810 (aged 34–35). Thomas Ludlam was a British colonial administrator.
alt=Memorial tablet to Thomas Ludlam in St Mary de Castro church, Leicester. Placed in the church by his mother. Memorial tablet to Thomas Ludlam in St Mary de Castro church, Leicester. Placed in the church by his mother. Thomas Ludlam (ca. 1775 – 25 July 1810) was a British colonial administrator who was thrice Governor of Sierra Leone.
Biography Ludlam was the son of William Ludlam and Frances Ludlam, née Dowley, and nephew to Thomas Ludlam the clergyman. He was baptised in Leicester on 15 September 1775.
Having previously served on the Council of the SLC, he subsequently rose to become governor,
On 19 November 1807, Ludlam arrested the American slave ship Triton, enacting the newly established Slave Trade Act 1807.
He died on board on 25 July 1810.
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Who was Thomas Ludlam?
English colonial governor
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Thomas Ludlam was born in 1775.
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Thomas Ludlam died on 25 July 1810.
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Thomas Ludlam was a colonial administrator.
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Thomas Ludlam was British.
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