Thomas Hodges (Governor of Bombay)
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Thomas Hodges was the Governor of Bombay from 27 January 1767 to 23 February 1771.
Thomas Hodges was the son of Thomas Hodges of Bredy, Dorset
. He married a daughter of Colonel Hallett of Barbados
; their son, Thomas Hallett Hodge, married a daughter of the political reformer John Cartwright
.
Thomas Hodges was the son of Thomas Hodges of Bredy, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. He married a daughter of Colonel Hallett of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
; their son, Thomas Hallett Hodge, married a daughter of the political reformer John Cartwright
John Cartwright (political reformer)
John Cartwright was an English naval officer, Nottinghamshire militia major and prominent campaigner for parliamentary reform. He subsequently became known as the Father of Reform...
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