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Thompson, Lionel Field, son of Arthur E. Thompson, of Hampstead, Middlesex; b. Aug. 4, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left Dec. 1904; 2nd Lieut. Special List (Interpreter) Nov. 26, 1917; asst. master Giggleswick School 1922-25; d. 1986.

THOMPSON, LEONARD, eldest son of Leonard Thompson MP, Lord Mayor of York, and Frances, widow of Edward Slater, Hull, Yorks., and dau. of Leonard Thompson, Alderman of York; b.; adm.; KS 1690; left 1692; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Apr 1692, aged 17, but did not matr.; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Jun 1691, called to bar 10 Feb 1695, Bencher 5 May 1724; Treasurer’s Remembrancer in Exchequer 27 Jan 1696 - 19 Jul 1732; m. 30 Sep 1700 Frances, dau. of Henry Thompson, Escrick, Yorks.; d. 1744.

THOMPSON, JOHN, only son of John Thompson, Smith Street, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 9) Nov 1750; Min. Can. 1755; adm. Middle Temple 21 May 1757.

THOMPSON, JOHN; b. 10 0ct 1806; adm. 26 May 1815.

THOMPSON, JOHN PETER; b.; adm. 21 Jan 1783.

THOMPSON, HUGH STACEY OSBORNE, brother of Edmund Charles Osborne Thompson (qv); b. 20 Apr 1857; adm. 16 Jun 1870; left May 1874; watercolour artist (1881 Census).

THOMPSON, HENRY THOMAS; b.; adm. 30 Jul 1810; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; Under Master, Bury St. Edmunds Sch. 1822-8; ordained; Curate, Fornham, Suffolk; m. 6 Feb 1825 Maria Arabella, dau. of John Harrington (IGI); d. 5 Mar 1869.

THOMPSON, HENRY LEWIS, fourth son of Charles Matthew Thompson MRCS LSA, Westerham, Kent, and ---, dau. of Robert Thomas Taynton, Bromley, Kent, surgeon; b. 12 Jan 1840; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1854; Capt. of the School 1857; spoke the Prologue to the Adelphi in 1857, when the scenes designed by Charles Robert Cockerell (qv), and painted by Fenton, were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1858, matr. 27 May 1858, Westminster Student 1858-77, Tutor 1863, 1876-7, Censor 1870-7; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1860, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1862; BA 1862; MA 1865; Junior Proctor 1870-1; Public Examiner 1872-3; Whitehall Preacher 1873-5; Select Preacher 1875-7; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Oxford); Rector of Iron Acton, Gloucs., 1877-89; Warden of St. Peter’s Coll., Radley 1888-96; Vicar of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford, 14 Oct 1896-1904; a Governor of the School 1869-79 and from 1885; one of the last three Westminster Students of Christ Church elected for life under the old system; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 21 Nov 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, xx, 466-75); author, Memoir of Henry George Liddell DD, 1899, and History of Christ Church, Oxford, 1900, both of which contain much interesting matter relating to the School; m. 30 Jun 1877 Catherine, eldest dau. of Sir James Paget, Bart. MD FRS FRCS, Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Victoria; d. 1 Jan 1905.

THOMPSON, HARRY ARTHUR HALE, eldest son of Col. Henry Masterman Thompson, Clarence Parade, Southsea, Hampshire, Governor of the Duke of York’s School, and Mary Hale, eldest dau. of Frederick Mortimer Lewin, Bexley, Kent; b. 25 Apr 1866; adm. from Univ. Coll. School 23 Jan 1880 (H); left Dec 1883; 2nd Lieut., East Surrey Regt., 5 Feb 1887; Lieut., Indian Staff Corps 31 Jul 1888; Capt., 5 Feb 1898; Maj., 5 Feb 1905; Lieut. -Col., 5 Feb 1913; retd. 6 Feb 1913; Commandant, Naga Hills Military Police 1900-5; served in Manipur expedition 1891, on North-Western frontier 1897-8, and Tirah campaign 1897-8; served 1914-18 war, raising and commanding 13th batt. Notts and Derby Regt. 1915-6; m. 21 Sep 1899 Eleanor, dau. of Col. William Mould Temple VC LRCS (I) RAMC, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Thompson, Sir Geoffrey Harington, son of Lieut.-Col. Croasdale Miller Thompson, I.M.S., by Ella Dalziel Harington; b. 12 Mar. 1898; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1915; acting Capt. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) Sept. 26, 1918; served in France March -- June 1917 and Sept.- Nov. 1918; wounded at Voormezeele June 7, 1917; third secretary H.M. Diplomatic Service 1920; second secretary 1923; counsellor 1943; H.B.M. Minister, Bangkok 1946-7 and Ambassador 1947-50; civilian instructor, Imperial Defence Coll. 1950-51; Ambassador to Brazil 1952-6; retired 1957; a director of the Atlas Assurance Co.; C.M.G. 1933; K.C.M.G. 1949; G.B.E. 1957; author of Front Line Diplomat (1959); m. 1st 1926, Louisa Sewell, of Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.A.; 2nd 1943, Hilda Alice, daughter of the Rev. D. Westcott, D.D.; d. 26 Jan. 1967.