Thomas J. Drysdale Wharrie

Abt 1851 - 1915  (64 years)

• Name	Thomas J. Drysdale Wharrie
  Birth	Abt 1851
  	Aged 20 when his father died
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Feb 1915	Sunnyside Asylum for the insane in Montrose
  	He died unmarried
  Person ID	I143809	First tree
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Dr. James Brown Wharrie,   b. 23 Aug 1796, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1 Jan 1871, Avongrange House, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Margaret Morely Drysdale,   b. 17 Aug 1816, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 26 Oct 1856 (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F22058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas was the head of the family at 20 years old. Thomas would have inherited a great deal of wealth from his father, as well as Avongrange and in 1871, he studied Law. Marion Williamson who was the children's Nanny ten years before is still employed by the Wharrie's and her title in the house now is a domestic servant, they also have one other domestic servant called Elizabeth Crawford living with them. He is having a tough time after his father's death and is a frequent guest at various Lunatic Asylums. In 1891, he is an inmate at the Edinburgh Royal Asylum for the insane, Thomas's Obituary in the Hamilton Advertiser which was printed on the 27th of February 1915 reads: "Obituary. — By the death on Monday at Montrose Mr Thomas J. Drysdale Wharrie. there has passed away and the last of the sons of the late Dr. Wharrie, who was well-known to a former generation of Hamiltonians. Dr. Wharrie was prison doctor in Hamilton up till the discontinuance of that institution in our midst. He built and occupied Avon Grange, presently the residence of Provost Moffat. Another link of the Hamilton bygone days has been surrendered."