Hopson Peregrine Thomas
Early entered the army and advanced rapidly.
Commander-in-chief of Louisbourg, when the place was restored to the
French, 1649. Came to Halifax and appointed a member of the Council.
Governor of Nova Scotia, 1752; went to England, 1753. Raised to the rank
of major general, 1757. Commanded an expedition against the French West
India Islands, 1758; died before Guadaloupe, 1759. =Bib.=: Campbell,
History of Nova Scotia; Selections from the Public Documents of Nova
Scotia, ed. by Akins.