Thomas Henry Lister

Thomas Henry Lister (1800‑1842) was an English novelist and Registrar General.

Lister was educated at Westminster School and the University of Cambridge. He wrote several novels, among which are Granby (1826), Herbert Lacy (1828), and Arlington (1832). He was also the author of a Life of Clarendon. In 1836 at the age of 36 he was appointed as the first Registrar General for England and Wales, head of the newly formed General Register Office. He was responsible for setting up the system of civil registration of births, deaths and marriages, and the organisation of the 1841 UK Census. He died of tuberculosis in 1842, whilst resident at Adelphi Terrace London.