Sir Thomas Hislop, 1st Baronet, (5 July 1764 – 3 May 1843) was a senior
British Army officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Serving exclusively in colonial campaigns, Hislop fought in the
West Indies between 1796 and 1810 and subsequently in
India, where he was a senior commander during the
Third Anglo-Maratha War. Although his ability as a general was praised, Hislop came under criticism in Parliament for his heavy reprisals against forces of the
Maratha Empire, particularly at
Talnar, where he ordered the execution of over 300 men. He was also known for financial profligacy, losing large sums of money investing unsuccessfully in the Americas. Despite these problems, Hislop was later made a
baronet and a
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, serving in his retirement as an equerry to
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge