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THOMPSON, MICHAEL, son of Benjamin Thompson, Middle Temple, London; b. 30 Jan 1664/5; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1673-7; adm.; KS 1679; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, matr. 16 Dec 1684, Westminster Student from 15 Dec 1684, Tutor 1696-9, Junior Censor 1694-5, Senior Censor 1696-7, Catechist 1699; BA 1688; MA 1691; d. 11 Sep 1700. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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.

Thompson, Merrick Walter, son of Edwin Walter Thompson, stockbroker, of Blackheath, and Ethel Julia, d. of John Walter Pym Brown; b. 15 Apr. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (R); left July 1939; RA 1941-5 (Capt.); a stock jobber's clerk; m. 9 July 1949 Joy Dorothea, d. of Bernard Stanley Farnfield, HM Bickley Hall Sch., Kent; d. May 1988.

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.