Sir Thomas Charles Dewey, 1st Baronet (31 August 1840 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire – 13 July 1926 at Peak House, Sidmouth) was President of the Prudential Assurance Company.
Dewey lived at Bromley, Kent from the 1860s, at Tweed Cottage, High Street and for many years at South Hill Wood, Westmoreland Road (where a commemorative blue plaque was installed in 2013.
[8] He endowed and was closely associated with St Mark's Church, Westmoreland Road, Bromley; which was designed by Evelyn Hellicar.
During the First World War Dewey made both South Hill Wood and Peak House available as VAD hospitals.
In 1922 he was honoured by the King of Belgium with the award of the diploma and insignia of Medaille du Roi Albert for his services to wounded Belgian soldiers.