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.
THOMPSON, EDWARD; b.; adm. 28 Sep 1814; left Bartholomewtide 1817.
THOMPSON, EDMUND CHARLES OSBORNE, son of Edmund Pearson Abercrombie Thompson, Clifton Gardens, Maida Vale, London, civil servant, and Isabella Maria, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Hugh Stracey Osborne, EICS Bombay, Cheshunt, Herts.; b. 14 Jul 1855; adm. 22 Jan 1869; left Nov 1871.
Thompson, Cecil Vincent Raymond, son of Edward Raymond Thompson and Elsie Mabel, d. of George Watts of Falmouth, Cornwall; b. 3 Jan. 1906; adm. Apr. 1920 (A); left July 1924; a journalist; Evening Standard 1924; NY corresponaent Daily Express 1933; d. June 1951 in New York.
THOMPSON, ARNOLD THEWLIS, only son of Rev. Robert Boyle Thompson, Vicar of Pudsey, Yorks., and Hannah, dau. of Nathan Thewlis, Lane House, Holmfirth, Yorks.; b. 1 Mar 1869; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (H); left May 1882; went to Leeds GS; Corous Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 0ct 1888; BA 1892; MA 1895; ordained 1893; Curate, Selby Abbey, Yorks., 1893-5; held other curacies; Vicar of Myton on Swale, Yorks., 1902-6; Rector of Croxton and Vicar of Eltisley, Cambs., 1906-12; Rector of Ashleworth, Gloucs., 1918-31; Rector of Church Brampton, Northants, 1931-.
THOMPSON, ---; b.; at school under Busby; a schoolfellow and friend of Spencer Cowper (b. 1669, qv), who when tried for the murder of Sarah Stout called him as a character witness (Howell, State Trials, 1816-28, xii, 1180).
THOMPSON, ---; b.; in school list 1754.
THOMPSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289). [more probably TOMPSON, qv]
THOMPSON (alias FREEMAN), FRANCIS, son of Rev. John Freeman, Rector of Wormley, Herts.; b.; at school under Busby (J. E. B. Mayor & R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Cambridge ii, 135); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 31 Oct 1694, aged 14, matr. 1695; 4th in “ordo” 1698/9; BA 1698/9; MA 1702; ordained deacon 27 May 1716, priest 24 Feb 1716/7 (both London). [But dates of ordination seem late for a Cambridge graduate of 1698/9].