Thomas Bernard Collinson

Major General

Thomas Bernard Collinson
Thomas Bernard Collinson
after Theodore Blake Wirgman, 1888
National Portrait Gallery, London
Born(1821-11-17)17 November 1821
Gateshead, County Durham
Died1 May 1902(1902-05-01) (aged 80)
Little Haven, Ealing, Middlesex
Allegiance United Kingdom
BranchBoard of Ordnance
British Army
Years of service1838–1873
RankMajor General
Service number683
UnitCorps of Royal Engineers
CommandsCRE, Aldershot, 1856
CRE, Dover, 1869–1873
Campaigns
AwardsNew Zealand War Medal, 1847
MemorialsCollinson Prize, Institution of Royal Engineers (Originated 1905)
Major General Thomas B Collinson, Personal Memorial Prize, Institution of Royal Engineers (Originated 1906)
RelationsRichard Collinson (brother)
Other workMagistrate, Commission of the Peace for the Province of New Munster, New Zealand, 1847–

Major General Thomas Bernard Collinson (17 November 1821 – 1 May 1902) was an English military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers who carried out the earliest British surveys of Hong Kong, and planned roads and other early military and civil engineering works in New Zealand. Immediately prior to retirement, he was architect to the Scottish Prison Commission.