Sir Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet

[4] His elder brother, Charles (1785–1846), was Resident to the Mughal Emperor's court, and briefly the provisional Governor General of Bengal (1835–36).

[8][9] During the rainy season he used to stay at 'Dilkusha' (Delight of the Heart), which was built on the first floor of the tomb of Mohammed Quli Khan, brother of Adham Khan, general of Mughal Emperor, Akbar, situated south east of the Qutb complex in Mehrauli, an area which was also the traditional retreat of the Mughals for the season.

[14] During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the Metcalfe House was sacked by the Gurjar villagers from whom the land was bought to erect the building.

[15] His father was Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baronet and his mother was Susannah Sophia Selina Debonnaire.

He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son, Sir Theophilus John Metcalfe, 5th Baronet, who was also in the Indian Civil Service.

His doctors believed that the ailment was caused by poison, since the symptoms were similar to those seen in certain "inconvenient" high ranking members of the Mughal royal family such as Mirza Fakhru who was a friend of Metcalfe.

Portrait of an East India Company man, perhaps Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe , a painting by Jivan Ram, Agra, 1824
The Metcalfe Town House in 1858, by Felice Beato
Dilkhusa (Delight of the Heart) the country house of Metcalfe, in Mehrauli , Metcalfe album, 1843
Dilkusha with Qutb Minar in the background, Mehrauli
Metcalf's Folly near Qutab Minar
The tomb of Sir Thomas Metcalfe at St. James' Church near Kashmiri Gate, Delhi