This is presumably the 'Mr Ingall' referred to by Dawson (1854) p.61. He was employed for many years by the Bank of England and was a keen naturalist with a particular interest in entomology being one of the original members of the Entomological Club and the Entomological Society. Selected Coleoptera and Lepidoptera from Ingall's collection are in the HDO, purchased from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1927. (Smith (1986) p.129), and twelve examples of Cryptocephalus coryli were presented by him to the NHM in 1857 (1857-23). A typescript titled The Irregular Diary of an Entomologist, 1832-1860, being a copy by his son W.T.F.M. Ingall, is in the NHM (Harvey, et al. (1996) pp.108-09. This formed the basis of a biographical article by Richard South in Ent., 28, 1895, pp.40-45. The Museum also has three letters from W.T.F.M.Ingall to South concerning the diary. (MD 6/03)
Dates
1800-1862