Sir Thomas Dickson Archibald (1817–1876) was judge of the High Court of Justice (Common Pleas Division) and lawyer from Nova Scotia.
[2] Although he originally studied to be a surgeon at Pictou Presbyterian College, Archibald quickly switched to law and qualified as an attorney and barrister in 1837.
Her father, Richard Smith, a former Nova Scotian assembly manager, gave his consent to the marriage only if the couple agreed to stay in England.
As an attorney Archibald was praised by Serjeant Petersdorff for his work on the Common Law Abridgement.
In 1872, he was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench and became a Sergeant-at-Law, succeeding Sir James Jannen.