Thomas Henry Hastings Davies

Thomas Henry Hastings Davies (27 January 1789 – 11 December 1846) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament.

Early life Davies was born on 27 January 1789. He was the eldest son of Thomas Davies, Advocate General to the East India Company in Bengal, and Anna Baillie (a daughter of Hugh Baillie of Monckton). His brother was General Francis John Davies. He succeeded to his father's estate in 1792 and to the estate of his grandfather, Thomas Davies of New House, Herefordshire (who married Mary Warburton), in 1795.

Career He joined the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot as an ensign, rising to become a captain before, in 1809, he moved to the Grenadier Guards. He served at the Battle of Waterloo, and was made a lieutenant-colonel the same year. He eventually became a colonel in 1837, retiring the same year. After his death she married Sir John Pakington, Bt, the Secretary of State for War, in 1851. In 1874 he was made Baron Hampton and Augusta became Baroness Hampton.