Home Military people Thomas Pears Thomas Pears Military person Major-General Sir Thomas Townsend Pears KCB (9 May 1809 – 17 January 1892) was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office. Personal facts Birth dateMay 09, 1809 Date of deathJanuary 17, 1892 Resting placeLondon facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Military person allegianceUnited Kingdom awardOrder of the Bath military operationsFirst Opium War military branchBritish Indian Army service start1825 service end1877 Topical connections Adrian JohnsPolitician Adrian BradshawMilitary person Alexander CobbeMilitary person Arthur George HammondMilitary person Arthur CottonMilitary person Thomas Pears on Wikipedia Thomas Pears External resources http://openlibrary.org/books/OL23336661M/Addiscombe_its_heroes_and_men_of_note_by_Colonel_H._M._Vibart..._With_an_introduction_by_Lord_Robert