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Thompson, Maurice Alfred, son of the Rev. George Alfred Thompson, Head Master of the Grammar School, Horsham, Sussex; b. June 6, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1910; left (with a Triplett exhibition) Dec. 1914; Clare Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. 1915); matric. 1915; Bell Scholar 1915; 1st class Math. Tripos, pt. i, 1919; B.A. 1921; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Jan. 13, 1915; Lieut. R.G.A.; wounded at High Wood Aug. 20, 1916, and at Busigny Oct. 26, 1918; 2nd Lieut. R.A. July 15, 1940; transferred to R.A.C. Nov. 21, 1941; d. 1961.

THOMPSON, LUKE, brother of Leonard Thompson (qv); bapt. 7 Oct 1679; adm.; KS 1695; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1698, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1698, aged 18, scholar 28 Apr 1699, matr. 1698; BA 1701/2; adm. Inner Temple 17 Nov 1701; migr. to Grayís Inn, adm. 21 Jun 1721, called to bar 3 Jul 1728; m. 19 Aug 1731 Grace, dau. of Thomas Bawtry, Foston, Yorks.; d. 12 Jun 1743.

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.