| Thomas Cadell | |
| Birth Date: | 5 September 1835 |
| Death Date: | 6 April 1919 (aged 83) |
| Birth Place: | Cockenzie, East Lothian |
| Placeofburial: | Tranent Churchyard |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1854 - 1892 |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Branch: | Bengal Army British Indian Army |
| Unit: | 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers Indian Staff Corps |
| Battles: | Indian Mutiny |
| Awards: | Victoria Cross Order of the Bath |
| Laterwork: | Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Colonel Thomas Cadell (5 September 1835 – 6 April 1919) was an army officer who served in India. He served during the 1857 rebellion and was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He later served as a governor and chief commissioner in the Andaman Islands. Cadell was the younger brother of General Sir Robert Cadell, K.C.B. and was educated at Edinburgh Academy.
Cadell was 21 years old and a lieutenant in the 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers (later The Royal Munster Fusiliers) during the Indian Mutiny when he performed the deeds on 12 June 1857 at Delhi, India which resulted in being awarded the Victoria Cross:
Cadell later achieved the rank of colonel in the service of the Indian Staff Corps and held various political appointments in India. From 1879 to 1892, he was the Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was the cousin of Samuel Hill Lawrence. The prominent Cadell Road in Bombay (now Mumbai), was named after him. After the Indian Independence in 1947, it was renamed after Indian freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who was lodged at the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
He was married to Anna Catherine Dalmahoy (d.1876), daughter of Patrick Dalmahoy WS (1798–1872) and Catherine Sawers.[1]