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Thomas Ashburnham CB (1808 – 2 March 1872) was Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong.

Military career

Born the son of the 3rd Earl of Ashburnham, Thomas Ashburnham became a

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officer. He went on to serve in

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during the

First Anglo-Sikh War The First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in 1845 and 1846 around the Firozpur district of Punjab. It resulted in the defeat and partial subjugation of the Sikh empire and cession of Jammu ...

between 1845 and 1846. He was appointed Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong in 1857. He was also

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of the 82nd Regiment of Foot from 1859 until his death. In retirement he lived in Park Street in London and died in 1872.

Family

In 1860, he married Adelaide Georgiana Frederica Foley, daughter of

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