Thomas Simson Pratt

Sir Thomas Pratt

KCB
Sir Thomas Pratt; KCB
	Pratt as major-general, c. 1864
Birth name	Thomas Simson Pratt
Born	1797; Kingdom of Ireland
Died	2 February 1879 (aged 82); Bath, Somerset, England
Buried	Bath Abbey Churchyard
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1814–1879
Rank	General
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Siege of Antwerp; ; First Anglo-Chinese War Battle of Chuenpi; Battle of the Bogue; Battle of Canton; Battle of Ningpo; Battle of Chapu; Battle of Woosung; Battle of Chinkiang; ; First Taranaki War Battle of Puketakauere; Pratt's sapping campaign; ;
Awards	China War Medal (1842); New Zealand War Medal; Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath

General Sir Thomas Simson Pratt, KCB (19 July 1797 – 2 February 1879) was a British Army officer. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–1841), in India from 1843 to 1855 where he was deputy adjutant-general at Madras, and was commander of the British Forces in Australia from 1856 to 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 31 May 1865, and to full general eight years later.

He was commander of the British Forces in New Zealand from 1860 to 1861, and was on the Executive Council. He commanded during the First Taranaki War, but as he realised the doubtful validity of the Waitara Purchase (the main cause of the war), he disagreed with Governor Gore Browne, and his military action was ridiculed by the local settlers. He was created KCB for his services in New Zealand by the British Government.