Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet

Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet
Born 1779
Died 1860
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands held Bombay Army
Battles/wars Peninsula War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet (1779–1860) was a British Army officer.

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 a 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 position 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 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

  1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. Governors of Portsmouth
  3. Great Britain India Office (1819). The India List and India Office List I. Harrison. p. 127. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
Military offices
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
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