Thomas Edward Rowcroft (3 September 1769 – 7 December 1824) was a prominent English merchant and an alderman of the City of London.
However, shortly after Rowcroft's arrival, Simón Bolívar returned to Lima from the interior and the Spanish retreated to Castle of Real Felipe.
Rowcroft decided to go to Callao, the port of Lima, to deliver letters to HMS Cambridge under Captain Thomas James Maling and arranged for a safe pass through the royalist lines.
On the return from his visit he handed in his safe pass but, as his coach left the outpost, it was struck by a hail of bullets.
His daughter returned to England the following year after disposing of her father's goods and married Alfred Samuel Robinson,[2] a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, on 4 December 1827.