Thomas Hodges (Governor of Bombay) explained

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]

External links

• Web site: Previous Governors List . 23 December 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050259/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm . 6 February 2009.
• Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000) .
• Book: The India List and India Office List. Great Britain India Office. I. 1819. Harrison. 125–7. 9 October 2008. in.
• Book: Greater Bombay District Gazetteer. Maharashtra State Gazetteers. I. 1986. 13 August 2008. Government of Maharashtra. bom.

Notes and References

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