Thomas Bond (1765–1837) was a Cornish[1] topographer, born at Looe, Cornwall.
He was the son of Thomas Bond, JP, and his wife Philippa (whose father, John Chubb was said to be the first to discover fossils in Cornwall).
[2] In 1823, while still in office, he published Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Boroughs of East and West Looe, in the County of Cornwall, with an account of the Natural and Artificial Curiosities and Pictorial Scenery of the Neighbourhood, eight plates and several woodcuts, London, 1823, 8vo, pp. 308.
This work, written as a "labour of love", describes seaside places near Plymouth, which were popular resorts in summer for health and recreation.
He died much respected at East Looe 18 Dec. 1837, and, being unmarried, left the greater portion of his property to Davies Gilbert FRS, one of his nearest relatives.