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 879 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [THOMSON J. W. Thomas, of the Royal Marines. B. at Plymouth 10 May, 1832 ; m. 17 Jan. 1857, Virgulia (d. 20 Sept. 1905), dau. of late Adam Stodart ; ed. privately ; joined R. M.L.I. 28 June, 1849 ; col.-commdt. Plymoutli div. R.M.L.I. 13 April, 1885 ; gen. R.M.L.I. 20 Nov. 1889 (ret. 10 May, 1897); served in the Crimea 1854-5, Eupatoria, Sevastopol, and Kinbum (medal and clasp, 5th el. Medjidie, and Turkish medal). Residence — 14, New Road, Rochester. Issue — 1. Rev. Francis Herbort Thomas, b. 22 April, 1859 ; curate of St. Alban's, Upton Park, E. 2. Lt.-Col. Hubert St. George Thomas, Ind. Army, b. 23 Sept. 1862. - 1. Virginia Ada. 2. Beatrice Isabel, ni. 4 June, 1896, Comm. Edmund Walker Yorke, who d. 8 Dec. 1913. Residence — Old Manor House, Lound, Lowestoft. 3. Madeline Mabel Felicia. THOMAS, Knt. Bach. Great. 1904.— Sib Griffith Thomas, s. of late Jolin Thomas, of Court Herbert, Neath, and Mary, dau. of late Griffith Griffith. B. 24 Nov. 1847 ; ed. at Swan- sea Gram. School, Cheltenham Coll. and King's j Coll. London ; J. P., Glamorgan, High Sheriff j 1901 ; Mayor of Swansea 1901-4, but was not a memb. of the Corporation ; Mayor of Neath 1908-9 (elected by tlio members of the Corpora-, tion) ; chrmn. Swansea Harbour trustees since 1898. Residence — -Court Herbert, Neath. 1 THOMAS, Knt. Bach. Great. 1907.— Sm John Thomas, s. of late William Thomas, paper manu- facturer, of The Elms, Wooburn. B, at Shore- hanj, 22 June, 1834 ; m. 16 July, 1879, Ada, dau. of late William Stimson, of Marston, Beds ; ed. at Eynsford, Kent ; J. P., C.A., Bucks. Resi- dence — Brook House, Wooburn, Bucks. Club — National Liberal. THOMAS, Knt. Bach. Great. 1914.— Sm Wil- liam James Thomas ; equipped the Welsh Univ. Medical School at the King Edward VII Hospital, Cardiff. Residence — Brynawel, Ynyshir, Gla- morgan. THOMAS, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Amelia, dau. of Robert George Bowen, of Adelaide. JM. 6 Jan. 1876, Sir Robert Kyffin Thomas, for many years proprietor of " The Register," " The Ob- server," and " The Evening Journal," Ade- laide ; chrmn. overseas delegates at first Im- perial Press Conference, London, 1909, who d. 13 June, 1910. Residence — Ardington, Rose Park, Adelaide, Australia. Issue^ 1. Reainald Kyffln Thonuis, b. 7 Nov. 1881. 2. Geolfrey Kyffin Tliomas, b. 2 July, 1883 ; m. 1908, Harriet Haynes. Issue — 1 sou. 3. Owen Kyffin Thomas, b. 26 July, 1898. 1. MiUiceut, m. 1911, Dr. D. T. Harbison, and has issue. 2. Hilda, m. 1906, Samuel Hack, and has issue. 3. Mea. 4. Katlileen. THOMPSON, G.C.B. (civ.). Great. 1909 ; K.C.B. 1895 ; C.B. 1893 ; LS.O. 1904.— Sib Edwaed Matjnde Thompson, s. of Edward Thompson, of Clarendon, Jamaica. B. 4 May, 1840 ; m. 1864, Georgina, dau. of George Mac- kenzie, of Frankfield, Jamaica ; ed. at Rugby and Oxford ; hon. fell. Univ. Coll. 1891 ; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) 1867 ; assist, in British Museum 1861 ; keeper of MSS. and Egerton librarian 1878; director and principal librarian 1888-1909 ; Sandars reader in biblio- graphy at Camb. 1895-6 and 1905-6 ; memb. of roy. commn. for St. Louis Exhibition 1904 ; editor of many valuable editions of old works ; author of " Greek and Latin Palseography " and other learned works ; is a correspondent of the Institute of France, and of the Roy. Prussian Acad, of Sciences, and memb. of other learned societies at home and abroad ; F.B.A. ; hon. D.G.L. Oxford and Durham ; hon. LL.D. St. Andrews ; hon. Litt.D. Mancliester 1908 ; Officer of the Crown of Italy. Residence — Mayfield, Sussex. Issue — ■ 1. Edward Mackenzie Rawdon-Mackenzie, b. 8 March, 1865. 2. Alfred Henry Thompson, b. 1 July, 1866 ; solici- tor since 1893. 3. Capt. Francis George Thompson, R.A., b. 10 May, 1877 ; mil. assist. Roy. Arsenal Woolwich ; m. 29 July, 1905, Norah, dau. of late Alfred Colemati, of Denmark Villas, Hove. 1. Helen Maunde. THOMPSON, Knt. Bach. Great. 1908.— Sib Robert James Thompson, s. of Thomas Thomp- son, of Northallerton. B. at Northallerton 29 May, 1845 ; ed. privately ; ent. H.M. Office of Works 1871; Treasury Valuer 1898-1909; Chief Valuer (Inland Revenue) Somerset House 1909-11 ; memb. of the council of the Surveyors* Institution ; J. P., Kent. Residence — Hasle- mere, Blytli Road, Bromley, Kent. THOMPSON, Knt. Bach. Groat. 1907.— Sib William John Thompson, s. of late William Thompson, of co. Fermanagh. B. 16 May, 1861 ; m. 19 Sept. 1891, Mary Louisa (d. 17 May, 1910), j dau. of late James Wilson, of Monaghan ; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dublin, and at Roy. Coll. of Sur- 1 geons, Ireland ; B.A. 1892, M.D. 1895, F.R.C.P.I. 1902 ; physician-in-ordinary to the Lord-Lieut. I of Ireland ; Registrar. -Gen. for Ireland since j 1909 ; chrmn. Census Commn. 1911; late physician to Jerves Street Hospital, Dublin ; con- sulting physician Roy. National Hospital for Consumption (Ireland) ; memb. Med. Consulta- tive Board, and examiner in med. R.N. ; censor Roy. Coll. of Phys. (Ireland) ; memb. council and hon. treas. Irish Med. Assocn. ; visitor in lunacy under High Court of Chancery (Ireland) ; author of several papers on medical and statistical subjects. Residences — 59, Fitzwilliam Square Nortli, Dubhn ; Charlemont House, Dublin. THOMPSON, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Ellinob Flora, dau. of Reginald Bosworth-Smith. M. 1st, 1895, Sir Harry Langhorne Thompson, K.C.M.G., late chief sec. in Cyprus, and adminis- trator of St. Lucia, who d. 1902 ; m. 2nd, 25 Sept. 1907, Sir Edward Ion B. Grogan, 2nd Bt. Resi- dence — British Legation, Buenos Ayres (see Peerage). THOMSON, Knt. Bach. Great. 1914.— Sir Alfred Edward Thomson ; M.D. Residence — • Gape Town. THOMSON, Knt. Bach. Great. 1912.— Sm GouBT.^ULD Thomson, s. of Robert William Thomson, of Edinburgh and Stonehaven, N.B. B. 16 Aug. 1866. Residences — Portland House, Nuneaton; 59, Pont Street, S.W. Club— Re- form. THOMSON, K.C.S.I. Great. 1904; G.S.I. 1902. — Sir James Thomson, s. of John Thomson, of Cults. B. 6 July, 1848 ; m. 1st, 23 Dec. 1873, Charlotte Georgina Grant (d. 1885), dau. of Wil- liam White ; m. 2nd, 17 Dec. 1898, Margaret Ellen, dau. of Charles Franklin Todhunter, of Westerfield, Canterbury, New Zealand ; ed. at Aberdeen Grammar School and Univ. ; M.A. [ 1868 ; LL.D. 1905 ; ent. I.C.S. 1869 ; asst. ! collector and magistrate Madras 1872, head asst. ' collector and magistrate 1882 ; sub -collector, joint magistrate, and principal asst. Godavari 1885, collector and magistrate 1889 ; resident Travancore and Cochin 1895 ; memb. of revenue board and commnr. of salt revenue 1897 ; addi- tional memb. of legislative council of Fort St. George 1898 ; memb. of council of Gov. of Fort St. George 1901-6 ; Acting Gov. of Madras 1904 ; ret.