About Thomas MacQueen
Lived 1792 – 1840 (aged 47–48). Thomas MacQueen was a British military leader.
General Thomas R. MacQueen (c. 1792–1840) was a British Army officer in the 45th Bengal Native Infantry regiment of the British East India Company's Bengal Army.
MacQueen collected natural history specimens in the Himalayas and northwest India. While a major of the 45th, MacQueen presented a specimen of a bustard species he had shot to the British Museum (Natural History) and in 1832 the bird was named for him as the MacQueen's bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii, by J. E. Gray.
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Who was Thomas MacQueen?
military officer (1792–1840)
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Thomas MacQueen was born in 1792.
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Thomas MacQueen died in 1840.
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Thomas MacQueen was a military leader.
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Thomas MacQueen was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Thomas MacQueen. https://biography.guide/thomas-macqueen-military-leader/
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