Samuel Thomas Boileau Goad (21 August 1806 – 13 December 1876) was a major of the

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and one of the principal property owners in

Simla Shimla (; ; also known as Simla, the official name until 1972) is the capital and the largest city of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India. After independence, the ...

, India during the years of British rule. By his death, Goad had accumulated 33 properties in the town. The buildings were among the most valuable in Simla and included Barnes' Court, Kennedy House, the Park and Holly Lodge. Samuel's father was Samuel Thomas Goad and his mother was Jane M. His paternal grandparents were William Goad and Darling Thomas. He was the oldest of seven children. He had four brothers and two sisters, named William, Henry, Charles, George, Anna and Maria. Samuel married Emma Gordon Davidson, daughter of Leith Alexander Davidson, on 30 December 1833 in

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. Samuel secondly married Frederica Blood, daughter of Thomas Blood, on 12 November 1857 in

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. Goad was the father of Horatio Boileau Goad and father-in-law of

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, brother of

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, the surgeon associated with the ''Elephant Man'',

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. Samuel Boileau Goad committed suicide on 13 December 1876. He is one of the last people to be buried in Simla's Cart Road Cemetery.

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