Sir Thomas Cubitt | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sir_Thomas_Cubitt_in_1931.jpg) Thomas Cubitt in 1931 | |
| Born | 9 April 1871 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 19 May 1939 (aged 68) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1891–1936 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Royal Artillery |
| Commands | Troops in Somaliland 57th Infantry Brigade 38th (Welsh) Division 3rd Infantry Brigade 54th Division Presidency and Assam District 53rd (Welsh) Division 2nd Division |
| Battles / wars | First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches |
| Other work | Governor of Bermuda (1931–36) |
General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt, KCB, CMG, DSO (9 April 1871 – 19 May 1939) was a British Army officer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who commanded a division in the First World War and in retirement served as Governor of Bermuda.
Cubitt was the youngest son of a family of rural gentry in Norfolk, who joined the Royal Artillery in 1891. He requested colonial service, and spent five years in Africa, where he was involved in the creation of the West African Frontier Force and served in a number of campaigns in northern Nigeria. Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, he was appointed as Deputy Commissioner in Somaliland, where he mounted a series of campaigns against the Dervish State.
He requested a transfer to the Western Front in 1916, and commanded an infantry battalion and a brigade before being promoted to take command of the 38th (Welsh) Division in early 1918. He led the division until the armistice of 11 November 1918, with marked success. Following the war, he held a series of peacetime commands in Germany, Egypt, and England, before being made Governor of Bermuda in 1931. He held this position until 1936, when he retired.