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I've lots more Trev - for instance, in the late 1850s he was donating prizes to the West London Rowing Club (now defunct) & was made an honorary member. The first prizes were silver cups & later silver oars which became known as "The Headland Oars." I wonder where they are now? I'v...

Hi Trev - happy to be of assistance. Thanks for the snippets - I did actually know about the character witness & he makes another appearance at the Old Bailey in 1842 when his apprentice steals three shillings worth of silver from him. I've also come across the claim that he accompanied Dickens ...

Hi & thanks for the welcome! I have much information on Thomas from his time as a Clerkenwell silversmith in the 1830s to his death in Eastbourne in 1888. He had three very distinct careers - silversmith, then secretary to a pioneering music school which lead to him becoming Charles Dickens's ma...

Thomas Hughes Headland was also my great great great uncle & if you are looking for any further information on him I

would be happy to help. I am the author of a number of articles about him - a very interesting character who became quite a

player in Victorian society.