Thomas Bunbury (British Army officer, born 1791)

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Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Bunbury was an officer in the British Army during the early Victorian period. He was commandant of the convict settlement at Norfolk Island for a period in 1839. He later served in New Zealand and British India.

Thomas Bunbury leading his troops. Self-portrait

Kingston, Norfolk Island, c. 1839. Artist: Thomas Seller. National Library of Australia

Government House, Kingston, Norfolk Island, 2015

Letter from Captain Joseph Nias, RN, HMS Herald, to Captain William Hobson, RN, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, acknowledging Bunbury's task and that he will assist. 25 April 1840. Archives New Zealand

80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)

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The 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot to form the South Staffordshire Regiment in 1881.

Henry, Lord Paget, founder of the regiment

The Battle of Ferozeshah in December 1845, by Henry Martens