Thompson, Michael Stephen, youngest son of Henry Lewis Thompson (q.v.); b. Oct. 11, 1881; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (R); left July 1899; Central Technical Coll. South Kensington 1900-2; asst. engineer, Great Central Railway, 1902-8, Sudan Govt. Railways 1909-12; asst. director of Egyptian Public Works 1912-5; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. Feb. 4, 1908; chief engineer, Palestine Railways, 1920-3; deputy chief engineer, Anglo-Spanish Construction Co., since 1924; temp. Capt. R.E. Sept. 18, 1917; served on the construction of military railways, Suez Canal, Sinai Desert, and Palestine 1915-20; demob. as Major; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 3, 1919; m. Dec. 11, 1912, Cecilia Margaret, daughter of James Henry Sprott, of Shrewsbury; M.I.C.E. 1928; sometime general manager, Santander-Mediterranean Railway, Spain; d. Feb. 23, 1955.