British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815
McMahon, Thomas
By: Ron McGuigan
McMahon, Thomas (27 December 1779 - 10 April 1860.)
Also as MacMahon.
Brother of Colonel Sir John McMahon, 1st Baronet.
Ensign 22nd Foot 1797, Lieutenant 40th Foot 1799, Lieutenant 32nd
Foot 1802, Captain 16th Battalion of Reserve* 1803, Captain 82nd Foot
1804, Major Royal West India Rangers 1806, Half-pay, Major
2nd West India Regiment 1809, Lieutenant Colonel EOPS 1809, Lieutenant-Colonel
17th Foot 1811, Brevet Colonel 1814, Major General 1825, Lieutenant
General 1838, General 1854.
*became 16th Garrison Battalion 1804.
Served in Portuguese Service 1809-1812. Promoted Colonel 15th Infantry
Regiment 1809, Brigadier 1811.
Early Service: Ireland 1798, Minorca 1799, Malta 1800
Peninsular War: Commanded brigades of the Portuguese Army 1809-1812.
Other Service: Adjutant-General India 1813-1820 and in Third Mahratta
War 1817-1818. On Home Staff 1838-1839. Commander-in-Chief Bombay Presidency
1839-1847.
Aide de Camp to the Prince Regent 1812. Aide de Camp to the King 1814.
KCB 1827. GCB 1859. Succeeded as 2nd Baronet 1817.
Colonel of the 94th Foot 1838-1847, 10th Foot 1847-1860.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: February 2009
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