| Authorised form of name | Beche; Sir; Henry Thomas de la (1796 - 1855) |
| Other forms of name | Henry Thomas |
| Other forms of surname | De la Beche |
| Dates | 1796 - 1855 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 10 February 1796 |
| Date of death | 13 April 1855 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Kensal Green Cemetery |
| Activity | Education:
Military College, Marlow (1810)
Honours:
Kt 1848
Memberships:
FGS (1817, President 1847-1849); Athenaeum (1827)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/12/1819 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1846-1848 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1854-1855 vol 7 pp 582-586
References:
Sir Patrick Linstead, 'The Prince Consort, FRS, and the Founding of the Imperial College' in NR 1962 vol 17 pp 15-31 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/59827486 |
| Code | NA3398 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/21/2 | Letter from Henry Thomas de la Beche [to CH Smith] | 19th century |
| MM/3/7 | Letter from HT Beche, Tiverton, to James Hudson | 23 November 1834 |
| MM/21/3 | Letter from Henry Thomas de la Beche to H Isaacs | 6 March 1847 |
| MS/710/31 | Letter from Henry Thomas de la Beche, Truro, to John Enys, Enys, near Penryn | 27 March 1836 |
| MM/21/4 | Cutting on Henry Thomas de la Beche from the 'Illustrated London News' | 17 May 1851 |
| MS/710/124 | The Mining Chronicle by Henry Thomas de la Beche | 2 February 1837 |
| MC/4/123 | Letter from Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, to the Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society | 6 February 1846 |
| IM/001115 | De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas | nd |
| EC/1819/22 | Beche, Sir Henry Thomas de la: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/4/135 | Letter from Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 7 May 1846 |
| PT/73/7/14 | Painting, fossilised ribs, sternum, and vertebrae of the proteo-saurus [ichthyosaur] by H T [Henry Thomas] de la Beche | 1819 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| MS/257/2/12 | Letter from Henry Thomas De La Beche, Geological Survey Office to Edward Sabine | 22 January 1848 |
| MS/257/2/13 | Letter from Henry Thomas De La Beche, Geological Survey Office to Edward Sabine | 7 March 1848 |
| HS/6/134 | Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office | 4 December 1848 |
| HS/6/129 | Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office | 21 September 1846 |
| HS/6/130 | Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office | 28 December 1847 |
| HS/6/135 | Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum, Jermyn Square | 5 January 1854 |
| HS/6/128 | Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office | 15 June 1846 |
| HS/6/133 | Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office | 13 March 1848 |
| HS/6/132 | Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office | 13 March 1848 |
| HS/6/131 | Incomplete letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office | 31 December 1847 |