Thomas Moody (colonial officer)
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| Monarchs | George IV; William IV; Victoria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1779 |
| Died | 5 September 1849 (aged 69–70) Berrywood House, Hampshire |
| Spouse | Martha Clement (1784–1868) |
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| Children | 10 including:
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| Parent(s) | Thomas Moody (b. 1732) Barbara Blamire |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Royal Engineer (1800–1849); Colonial Office 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) Knight of the Order of Glory (Ottoman Empire) (c. 1840) |
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| 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 DCL JP Kt. (1779–1849) was a British Colonial Office expert on the West Indies; Commander of the Royal Engineers in the West Indies; Home Secretary for Foreign Parliamentary Commissioners; Director of the British Royal Gunpowder Manufactory; and Inspector of British Gunpowder.
Moody was knighted by France, by Louis XVIII, in the Order of Military Merit, for his service during the Napoleonic Wars, and by the Ottoman Empire in their Order of Glory. 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 (who was 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).