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THOMSON, WILLIAM, son of Leonard Thomson, Stony Stratford, Bucks., “Entering Clerk at Westminster”, and Ruth ---; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1708 - void 1721; BA 1712; MA 1715 (incorp. Cambridge 1721); ordained deacon 26 Feb 1726, priest 5 Mar 1726 (both Lincoln); Curate, Hannington, Northants; Rector of Escrick, Yorks., from 26 Jul 1728; Rector of Cosgrove, Yorks., from 9 Feb 1729/30; Prebendary of Ripon from 4 Dec 1729; m. 17 Apr 1720 Jane, sister of William Goodday (qv); d. 29 Mar 1752.

THOMSON, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1723; in school list 1729.

Thomson, Thomas Kenelm, brother of Richard Edward John Thomson (q.v.); b. Oct. 6, 1899; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (R); left July 1916; d. 24 Feb. 1970.

THOMSON, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Hanover, Jamaica, “doctor” [probably medical practitioner]; b.; adm.; at school 1791; in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1796; KS 1797; probably Thomson who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796 and at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 - void 11 Apr 1808; BA 1804; MA 1811; ordained; d. 30 Apr 1812, aged 30. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

THOMSON, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Camberwell, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, Westminster Student from 5 Jan 1759, Tutor 1763-74, Junior Censor 1767; BA 1762; MA 1765; DCL 1770; Whitehall Preacher 1766; ordained; FRS 8 Nov 1770; d. at Graz, Styria Aug 1778, when travelling as tutor with Viscount Duncannon.

Thomson, Richard Edward John, eldest son of Lieut.-Col. Samuel John Thomson, C.I.E., of Tankerton, Kent, by Isabel Gordon, daughter of Surgeon-Gen. Alexander John Cowie, I.M.S., Bengal; b. July 11, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (R); left July 1909; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1910; 2nd Lieut. unattached Sept. 6, 1911, Indian Army Nov. 4, 1912; Double Company Officer, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, Nov. 4, 1912; Lieut. Dec. 6, 1913; went to the western front Sept. 1914; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, near La Bassée, France, May 18, 1915; unm.

Thomson, Richard Charles Gilmour, brother of Hugh Gilmour Thomson (qv); b. 29 Sept. 1943; adm. Sept. 1957 (R); left July 1960; Seale-Hayne Agric. Coll., Dip. Agric. 1965, Dip. Farm Management 1966; dev. officer ICI Ltd. 1966-9; farmer South Molton, Devon, 1969-71; man. consult. Milk Marketing Board 1971-5; commercial man. John Lee-Barber Ltd., Norwich, 1975-7; exec. W. L. Duffield & Sons Ltd., Norwich, 1977; m. 1st, 29 Apr. 1967 Carolyn Jane, d. of Courtney Thorne, farmer, of South Molton, Devon; 2nd, 21 Oct. 1988 Suzan, d. of Donald Thomas Germain-Jones PhD, geophysicist; d. 26 May 1993.

THOMSON, RATCLIFFE PERCY; b. 7 Nov 1860; adm. 16 Jun 1870 (G); left Oct 1876. [Evidently brother of, or close kin to, George James Crawford Thomson (qv), adm. same day].