Thomas Hooke Pearson

General Thomas Hooke Pearson (6 June 1806 – 29 April 1892) was a senior British Army general.

Background and career Pearson was born at Tettenhall, then in Staffordshire, the eldest son of barrister John Pearson (1771–1841), a senior East India Company official who served as Advocate-General of Bengal from 1824 to 1840, and his wife Jane Elizabeth Matilda Hooke (1784–1833). Following his education at Eton College, he was commissioned a cornet in the 11th Light Dragoons on 14 March 1825.

Promoted lieutenant on 1 August 1826, In December 1843, he fought under Sir Hugh Gough at the Battle of Maharajpur during the Gwalior campaign and was again decorated. During the First Anglo-Sikh War, Pearson commanded a squadron at the Battle of Aliwal, commanding his regiment during the later part of that battle and again at the Battle of Sobraon, for which he was twice mentioned in dispatches. and became a major (by purchase) on 23 April 1847.

After the war, Pearson saw no further action, and was placed on half-pay with effect from 7 April 1848. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 2 June 1869. he was placed on the retired list on 1 October 1877, with the rank of lieutenant-general (retired) from the same date. On 1 July 1881, he was granted the honorary rank of general. He died on 29 April 1892, aged 85.

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