Thomas Adams - Military

Military

  • Thomas Adams (British Army officer) (c. 1730–1764), British Army major, noted for his defense of the British position in Bengal in 1763
  • Thomas Adams (Indian Army officer) (died 1764), Commander-in-Chief, India
  • Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet (fl. 1738–1770), naval officer

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