Thomas Hodges (died 1771) was the British Governor of Bombay from 28 September 1767 to 23 February 1771.[1] He signed a peace treaty between the East India Company and Hyder Ali in 1770.[2]
Thomas Hodges was the son of Thomas Hodges of Bredy, Dorset. He married a daughter of Colonel Hallett of Barbados;[3] their son, Thomas Hallett Hodge, married a daughter of the political reformer John Cartwright.[4]
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- ↑ (M.R.A.S.), Walter Hamilton (1820). A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Counties. Murray. p. 165.
- ↑ Alexandrowicz, C. H. (2017). The Law of Nations in Global History. Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780198766070.
- ↑ Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, 1915, p. 120
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1857, p. 735
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Previous Governors List". Governor of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Template:ODNBsub
- Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. Vol. I. Harrison. pp. 125–7. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
- Greater Bombay District Gazetteer. Maharashtra State Gazetteers. Vol. I. Government of Maharashtra. 1986. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
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Governor of Bombay 1767–1771 |
Succeeded by William Hornby |
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