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Chuenpi">Battle of Chuenpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bogue" title="Battle of the Bogue">Battle of the Bogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Canton_(May_1841)" title="Battle of Canton (May 1841)">Battle of Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ningpo" title="Battle of Ningpo">Battle of Ningpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chapu" title="Battle of Chapu">Battle of Chapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Woosung" title="Battle of Woosung">Battle of Woosung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chinkiang" title="Battle of Chinkiang">Battle of Chinkiang</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bromley2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hart1864_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hart1864-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Taranaki_War" title="First Taranaki War">First Taranaki War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Taranaki_War#Battle_of_Puketakauere" title="First Taranaki War">Battle of Puketakauere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Taranaki_War#Pratt's_sapping_campaign" title="First Taranaki War">Pratt's sapping campaign</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/China_War_Medal_(1842)" title="China War Medal (1842)">China War Medal (1842)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_War_Medal" title="New Zealand War Medal">New Zealand War Medal</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/General_(United_Kingdom)" title="General (United Kingdom)">General</a> <b>Sir Thomas Simson Pratt</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a></span></span> (19 July 1797 – 2 February 1879) was a <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> officer. He served in the <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Chinese_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First Anglo-Chinese War">First Anglo-Chinese War</a> (1839–1841), in India from 1843 to 1855 where he was deputy adjutant-general at <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a>, and was commander of the British Forces in Australia from 1856 to 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 31 May 1865, and to full general eight years later. </p><p>He was commander of the British Forces in New Zealand from 1860 to 1861, and was on the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_New_Zealand" title="Executive Council of New Zealand">Executive Council</a>. He commanded during the <a href="/wiki/First_Taranaki_War" title="First Taranaki War">First Taranaki War</a>, but as he realised the doubtful validity of the Waitara Purchase (the main cause of the war), he disagreed with Governor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gore_Browne" title="Thomas Gore Browne">Gore Browne</a>, and his military action was ridiculed by the local settlers. He was created KCB for his services in New Zealand by the British Government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Simson_Pratt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pratt, was born on 19 July 1797, in Ireland, where his father, Captain James Pratt was stationed with the Loyal Tay Fencibles. His mother Anne, was the daughter of Thomas Simson, late portioner in Wilkieston, County of Fife. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/St._Andrews_University" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Andrews University">St. Andrews University</a>. He was gazetted to an ensigncy in the <a href="/wiki/26th_(Cameronian)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot">26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot</a> on 2 February 1814, and served in Holland in the same year as a volunteer with the <a href="/wiki/56th_(West_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot">56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot</a>. </p><p>He was present at the attack on <a href="/wiki/Merksem" title="Merksem">Merksem</a> on 2 February and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp_(1814)" title="Siege of Antwerp (1814)">bombardment of Antwerp</a> in 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bromley2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He purchased his captaincy on 17 September 1825 and was with the 26th foot in the <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Chinese_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First Anglo-Chinese War">First Anglo-Chinese War</a>. He commanded the land forces in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Chuenpi" title="Second Battle of Chuenpi">Second Battle of Chuenpi</a> on 7 January 1841 and at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bogue" title="Battle of the Bogue">Battle of the Bogue</a> on 26 February.<sup id="cite_ref-Hart1864_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hart1864-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the attacks on <a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Canton</a> from 24 May to 1 June, he was in command of his regiment, and was present also at the demonstration before <a href="/wiki/Nanking" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanking">Nanking</a>, and at the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking" title="Treaty of Nanking">Treaty of Nanking</a> on board <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cornwallis_(1813)" title="HMS Cornwallis (1813)">HMS <i>Cornwallis</i></a>. On 28 August 1841, he was gazetted lieutenant-colonel, and from 5 September 1843 to 23 October 1855 was deputy adjutant-general at Madras. He was made a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> (CB) on 14 October 1841. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Storming_of_Chuenpee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Storming_of_Chuenpee.jpg/220px-Storming_of_Chuenpee.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Storming_of_Chuenpee.jpg/330px-Storming_of_Chuenpee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Storming_of_Chuenpee.jpg/440px-Storming_of_Chuenpee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7546" data-file-height="4921" /></a><figcaption>The storming of Chuenpi, 7 January 1841</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Signing_of_the_Treaty_of_Nanking.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Signing_of_the_Treaty_of_Nanking.jpg/220px-The_Signing_of_the_Treaty_of_Nanking.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Signing_of_the_Treaty_of_Nanking.jpg/330px-The_Signing_of_the_Treaty_of_Nanking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/The_Signing_of_the_Treaty_of_Nanking.jpg/440px-The_Signing_of_the_Treaty_of_Nanking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9686" data-file-height="3633" /></a><figcaption>Signing and sealing of the Treaty of Nanking</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1856 to 1861, he was in command of the forces in Australasia, based in Melbourne, with the rank of major-general. During 1860–61, he was in New Zealand, conducting the war against the Maori.<sup id="cite_ref-Hart1864_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hart1864-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his return to Australia he commanded the forces in Victoria until May 1862, and was then appointed to the colonelcy of the <a href="/wiki/37th_(North_Hampshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot">37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot</a>, which he held until his death. He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath</a> (KCB) on 16 July 1861, being publicly invested with the ribbon and badge by Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Barkly" title="Henry Barkly">Henry Barkly</a>, governor of Victoria, on 15 April 1862, which was the first ceremony of the kind performed in Australia. He was advanced to the rank of general on 26 May 1873. </p><p>He died at <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath, Somerset</a>, England, on 2 February 1879<sup id="cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bromley2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after suffering a stroke during the birthday party of a fellow army general, Sam Campbell. He had married Frances Agnes in 1827, second daughter of John S. Cooper. They had seven sons, James Lisson, Thomas Arthur Cooper, Francis Edward, Robert Torrens, Sisson Cooper, Chalmers and William Simson, and a daughter, <a href="/wiki/Anne_Maria_Barkly" title="Anne Maria Barkly">Anne Maria</a>, who became a botanist in 1860 and she married Sir Henry Barkly, then <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a>, Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Simson_Pratt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1871census-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1871census_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>1871 England Census</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/18790213/070/0007">"Funeral of General Sir T. S. Pratt"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Bath_Chronicle" title="Bath Chronicle">Bath Chronicle</a></i>. 13 February 1879. p. 7<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bath+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Funeral+of+General+Sir+T.+S.+Pratt.&rft.pages=7&rft.date=1879-02-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk%2Fviewer%2Fbl%2F0000221%2F18790213%2F070%2F0007&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Simson+Pratt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bromley2015-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bromley2015_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBromleyBromley2015" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5IOuCAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Thomas+Simson+Pratt%22&pg=RA1-PA1859"><i>Wellington's Men Remembered: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo</i></a>. Vol. 2 M–Z. Pen and Sword Military. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781848847507" title="Special:BookSources/9781848847507"><bdi>9781848847507</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wellington%27s+Men+Remembered%3A+A+Register+of+Memorials+to+Soldiers+who+Fought+in+the+Peninsular+War+and+at+Waterloo&rft.pub=Pen+and+Sword+Military&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=9781848847507&rft.aulast=Bromley&rft.aufirst=Janet&rft.au=Bromley%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5IOuCAAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522Thomas%2BSimson%2BPratt%2522%26pg%3DRA1-PA1859&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Simson+Pratt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hart1864-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hart1864_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hart1864_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hart1864_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHart1864" class="citation book cs1">Hart, H. 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