Thomas Bunbury | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Thomas_Bunbury,_1791%E2%80%931861.jpg) Thomas Bunbury leading his troops. Self-portrait | |
| Born | 19 May 1791 Gibraltar[1] |
| Died | 25 December 1861 (aged 70) 11 St James's Terrace, Regent's Park, London[2] |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg){kind=small} British Army |
| Years of service | 1807–1849 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | 90th Regiment (Perthshire Volunteers), 1807–[1] 3rd Regiment, 1807–[1] 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment, 1809–[1] 80th Regiment (Staffordshire Volunteers), 1822–49[3] |
| Commands | Commandant, Norfolk Island New Zealand, 1840–44 |
| Campaigns | |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Knight of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword[5] Cruz da Guerra Peninsular (Ouro) Military General Service Medal with clasps Sutlej Medal with Sobraon and Ferozeshah clasps |
| Memorials | 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers), Lichfield Cathedral. Bunbury's medals encased[6] |
| Spouse(s) |
Clara Matilda Harriott
(m. 1853) |
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bunbury CB KTS (19 May 1791 – 25 December 1861) was an officer in the British Army during the early Victorian period. He was commandant of the convict settlement at Norfolk Island for a period in 1839. He later served in New Zealand and British India.
- ^ a b c d e WO 25/800/158: Folio 313. Statement of Services of Captain Thomas Bunbury of the 80th Regiment of Foot with a Record of such Particulars as may be useful in case of his Death, The National Archives, p. 313
- ^ "Deaths". Norfolk Chronicle. Norfolk, England. 4 January 1962. p. 7.
- ^ War Office (1823). The Army List for January 1823 (PDF). London: War Office.
- ^ Collinson, Thomas Bernard (1853). "2. Remarks on the Military Operations in New Zealand" (PDF). Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corp of Royal Engineers. New Series 3. London: John Weale: 47–50.
- ^ Bunbury, Thomas (1861). Reminiscences of a Veteran. Vol. 2. London: Charles J. Skeet. p. 145.
- ^ "80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)". War Memorials Online. Retrieved 23 October 2021.