Thomas Garth (British Army officer)

General Thomas Garth (1744–1829) was a British Army officer and chief equerry to King George III of the United Kingdom.

He was the son of John Garth MP, and Rebecca, daughter of John Brompton and grand-daughter of Sir Richard Raynsford, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.

He is believed to have been the father of an illegitimate child born in 1800, also called Thomas, whose mother was rumored to be Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, one of the King's daughters. The assumption that she was the mother is challenged by Anthony Camp in Royal Mistresses and Bastards (London, 2007, pages 313–23).

Garth rented Ilsington House at Puddletown, which was often visited by the royal family en route for Weymouth.

Family

Brother; General George Garth (abt 1733–1819) British General in American Revolutionary War, Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Foot
Brother; Charles Garth MP, (1734–1784) Government Agent for South Carolina, Georgia and Maryland

References

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Military offices
Preceded by Viscount Feilding	Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the 22nd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 1799–1801	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Philip Goldsworthy	Colonel of the 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons 1801–1829	Succeeded by Lord Edward Somerset

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Name	Garth, Thomas
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Date of birth	1744
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Date of death	1829
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