Thomas Charles Geldart, LL.D (21 May 1797 – 17 September 1877)'The Will, dated 15 August 1873, of Thomas Charles Geldart, LL. D., Master of Trinity-hall, University of Cambridge, who died on 17 September last, was proved on the 23rd ylt. by the Rev. Geldart John Evans Riadore, the Rev. James William Geldart, and Henry Charles Geldart, the nephews, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £38, 000. The Bury and Norwich Post, and Suffolk Herald (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Tuesday, 6 November 1877; p. 3; issue 4976. (670 words). British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900 was a lawyer and academic'Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of the Vice-Chancellor of England, during the time of the Right Hon. Sir John Leach' Maddock, H (d 1824); Geldart, T.C. (1824-29): London; J. & W.T. Clarke; 1829 in the nineteenth century.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. iii. Gabb – Justamond, (1947) p30

Geldaret was born at Kirk Deighton and educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1818 and MA in 1821. He was Fellow of Trinity Hall from 1821'On the 15th inst. Thomas Charles Geldart, M A Monugest son of the Rev. Dr. Geldart, Rector of Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire, was elected Fellow of Trinity-hall, in place of sir John W. Compton, deceased' "The Bury and Norwich Post": Or Suffolk, Essex, Cambridge, Ely, and Norfolk Telegraph (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, 28 November 1821; issue 2057. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900 to 1836. He was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1823. He was Master of Trinity Hall from 1852'Multiple News Items' Morning Post (London, England), Wednesday, 10 March 1852; p. 5; issue 24414. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900. until his death. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1853 to 1854.University of Cambridge web-site

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