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Thomas Hodges (Governor of Bombay)

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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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  1. ^ (M.R.A.S.), Walter Hamilton (1820). A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Counties. Murray. p. 165.
  2. ^ Alexandrowicz, C. H. (2017). The Law of Nations in Global History. Oxford University Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780198766070.
  3. ^ Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset, 1915, p. 120
  4. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1857, p. 735
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Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Bombay
1767–1771
Succeeded by