Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet (1779–1860) was a British Army officer.
Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet | |
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| Born | 1779 |
| Died | 1860 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Bombay Army |
| Battles/wars | Peninsula War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Family
He was the youngest son of John MacMahon, comptroller of the Port of Limerick, and his second wife Mary Stackpoole. He had a full brother, Sir William MacMahon, 1st Baronet, Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and an elder half-brother, Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet, Private Secretary to the Prince Regent from 1811 to 1817.
While Thomas and William were both gifted men, their early careers were hampered by their relatively humble social origins, and there is little doubt that their half-brother's political influence greatly assisted in their rise to prominence.
John was the first of the McMahon Baronets of Ashley Manor : on his death in 1817 the title passed to Thomas by special remainder.
He married Emily Westropp, daughter of Michael Roberts Westropp of Sunvile, County Limerick and Jane Godsell, and they had nine children, including General Sir Thomas Westropp McMahon, 3rd Baronet.
Military career
McMahon served in the Portuguese army in the Peninsular War and became adjutant-general in India.[1] He went on to be Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in 1834[2] and became Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army on 14 February 1840 retiring from that post on 8 April 1847.[3]
References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Governors of Portsmouth Archived 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List. I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Colin Campbell |
GOC South-West District 1834–1839 |
Succeeded by Sir Hercules Pakenham |
| Preceded by Sir John Keane |
C-in-C, Bombay Army 1840–1847 |
Succeeded by Sir Willoughby Cotton |
| Preceded by Sir John Colborne |
Colonel of the 94th Regiment of Foot 1838–1847 |
Succeeded by Sir William Warre |
| Preceded by Sir John Lambert |
Colonel of the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot 1847–1860 |
Succeeded by Thomas Burke |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by John McMahon |
Baronet (of Ashley Manor) 1817–1860 |
Succeeded by Thomas McMahon |