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THORPE, ROBERT DOVETON, elder son of Major-Gen. Robert Thorpe, EICS Madras, afterwards of Choisi, Guernsey, and Anne Durell, dau. of Thomas De Sausmarez; b. 1 Apr 1838; adm. 7 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1853; left Aug 1856; Cadet, EICS Madras 1856; Ensign, 27th Native Infantry 20 Dec 1856; Lieut., 4 Aug 1858; Capt., 20 Dec 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 18 Dec 1861 Catherine Jane Gordon, dau. of Col. George Gordon MacDonell, EICS Madras, 30th Madras Native Infantry; d. at Vizianagram, Madras 17 Sep 1873.

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, 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, Gilmour West, son of Hugh James Thomson, stockbroker, of Chislehurst, Kent, and Ethel Maud, d. of Thomas Joseph West, marine engineering sales manager, of Chislehurst; b. 25 Dec. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left Apr. 1931; a certified accountant 1937, FCCA; RA (TA) 1938, commissioned 1942 (Capt.), served Dunkirk and N. Africa; dir. Kentish & Thomson Ltd, Croydon, 1946; ACIS 1947; financial dir. K. J. Motors Group 1959; m. 5 Sept. 1936 Kathleen Sarah, d. of Charles Henry Jenner, insurance official, of Chislehurst; d. 8 Jan. 1999.

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.

Thomas, Hon. Huw Basil Maynard Mitchell, brother of Hon. David Nigel Mitchell Thomas (qv); b. 23 Jan. 1953; adm. Sept. 1966 (R); left Dec. 1970; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1971, BA 1974; dir. of studies, London Tutors; d. 2001.

Thomas, Hon. David Nigel Mitchell, son of Peter John Mitchell Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir PC QC, Sec. of State for Wales, and Frances Elizabeth Tessa, d. of Basil Dean CBE, theatre producer and impresario; b. 3 Apr. 1950; adm. Sept. 1963 (R); left July 1968; Univ. of York, BA 1971; a journalist; Evening News 1976-9; man. dir. UKBMX publications 1981-6; production editor The Mail on Sunday 1987-; m. 25 July 1981 Patricia, d. of Harold Palmer Boyer, civil servant; d. Nov. 2002.

Thacker, Derwent Alleyn Braithwaite, son of Ransley Samuel Thacker, Judge of HM Supreme Court Nairobi, and Olive Frances, d. of Francis Braithwaite, an official of the Royal Mint; b. 22 June 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (R); left July 1939; Kenya RNVR in WW2; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944; E. African Airways Corpn 1952-3; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Feb. 1957; prac­tised Cyprus Bar 1960; resident magistrate Nyasaland 1961.