Thomas Hodges (Governor of Bombay)

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]

References

1. (M.R.A.S.), Walter Hamilton (1820). A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Counties. Murray. p. 165. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
2. Alexandrowicz, C. H. (2017). The Law of Nations in Global History. Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780198766070. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
3. Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, 1915, p. 120
4. The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1857, p. 735

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• Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. I. Harrison. pp. 125–7. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
• Greater Bombay District Gazetteer. Maharashtra State Gazetteers. I. Government of Maharashtra. 1986. Retrieved 13 August 2008.

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Crommelin	Governor of Bombay 1767–1771	Succeeded by William Hornby