THOMAS, WILLIAM, only child of John Thomas, and Mary, dau. of William Bagnal, Wick, Worcester; grandson of Right Rev. William Thomas DD, Bishop of Worcester; b. 1670; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1688, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1688, scholar 12 Apr 1689, matr. 1688; BA 1691/2; MA 1695; BD 1723; DD 1729; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1694, Major Fellow 8 Mar 1695 - c. 1699; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1700; ordained; Vicar of Exhall, Warwicks., 1698; Rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester, from 1723; Rector [or Vicar ?] of Grimley, Worcs., from 1723; made collections for a history of Worcestershire; edited the second edition of Dugdaleís Antiquities of Warwickshire 1730; author, A Survey of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, 1736, and other works; m. Elizabeth, dau. of George Carter, Brill, Bucks.; d. 26 Jul 1738. DNB.

THOMPSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289). [more probably TOMPSON, qv]

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, 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, 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, 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.

THOMSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Charles Thomson KC, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Anne Dalziel, only dau. of Robert Thomson, St. Kitts, West Indies; b.; adm.; in school lists May and Oct 1803; KS (aged 12) 1804; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1808, adm. pens. 28 May 1808, readm. as pens. 10 Feb 1812; BA 1815; MA 1819; adm. Lincolnís Inn 3 May 1816, called to bar 24 Nov 1819; Attorney-Gen., Leeward Islands; Registrar in Bankruptcy, Liverpool; d. 19 Mar 1848.

THOMSON, LEONARD, brother of William Thomson (qv); b.; adm.; QS 1706; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1710, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1710, aged 18, scholar 14 Apr 1711, matr. 1710; BA 1713/4; MA 1717; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 29 Sep 1716, Major Fellow 1 Jul 1717, occasional Tutor 1721; ordained deacon 24 May 1719, priest 23 Dec 1722 (both Ely); Rector of Loughton, Beds., from 28 Dec 1722; buried Loughton, Beds., 12 Mar 1752.

THOMSON, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Camberwell, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, Westminster Student from 5 Jan 1759, Tutor 1763-74, Junior Censor 1767; BA 1762; MA 1765; DCL 1770; Whitehall Preacher 1766; ordained; FRS 8 Nov 1770; d. at Graz, Styria Aug 1778, when travelling as tutor with Viscount Duncannon.

THOMSON, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Hanover, Jamaica, “doctor” [probably medical practitioner]; b.; adm.; at school 1791; in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1796; KS 1797; probably Thomson who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796 and at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 - void 11 Apr 1808; BA 1804; MA 1811; ordained; d. 30 Apr 1812, aged 30. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.