Thomas Moody | |
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| Monarchs | George IV; William IV; Victoria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1779 Arthuret, Cumbria |
| Died | 5 September 1849 (aged 69–70) Berrywood House, Hampshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Martha Clement |
| Relations | Richard Stanley Hawks Moody (grandson); Richard Clement (cousin); Reynold Clement (cousin) |
| Children | 10 including: |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Moody (b. 1732) Barbara Blamire |
| Residence(s) | 7 Alfred Place, Bedford Square; 23 Bolton Street, Mayfair, London |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Colonial Office geopolitical expert (1806 – 1849); Director of the British Royal Gunpowder Manufactory (1832 – 1849) |
| Committees | British Parliamentary Commission on West Indian Slavery (1821 – 1828); Inspector of British Gunpowder (1840 – 1849) |
| Awards | Knight of the Order of Military Merit of France (1820) Justice of the Peace (1826) DCL (Oxon) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch/service | Royal Engineers |
| Years of service | 1797 – 1849 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Royal Engineers in West Indies (1829 - 1837) |
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Colonel Thomas Moody ADC JP (1779–1849) was a British geopolitical expert to the Colonial Office; Commander of the Royal Engineers; Home Secretary for Foreign Parliamentary Commissioners; Director of the British Royal Gunpowder Manufactory; and Director of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company.
Moody was knighted by France, by Louis XVIII, in the Order of Military Merit, for his service during the Napoleonic Wars. Moody and his friend Sir James Stirling offered in 1828 to colonise Australia using their own capital, but were prohibited from doing so by the British Government.
Moody was the father of Major-General Richard Clement Moody (the founder of British Columbia and first British Governor of the Falkland Islands); and of Colonel Hampden Clement Blamire Moody CB (who was the Commander of the Royal Engineers in China during the Taiping Rebellion and Second Opium War); amongst other military officers.