Augustus Rivers Thompson
Administrator in British Burma
About Augustus Rivers Thompson
Lived 1829 – 1890 (aged 61). Augustus Rivers Thompson was a British administrator of the Government.
Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson KCSI CIE (12 September 1829 – 27 November 1890) was a British colonial administrator who served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from April 1875 to March 1878. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal between 1882 and 1887.
Thompson was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885.
He was president of the executive committee of the Calcutta International Exhibition (1883-1884). He established the R.T. Girls' High School in Suri, Birbhum.
He died of pneumonia in Gibraltar.
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administrator in British Burma
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Augustus Rivers Thompson was born on 12 September 1829.
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Augustus Rivers Thompson died on 27 November 1890 in Gibraltar.
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Augustus Rivers Thompson was an administrator of the Government.
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Augustus Rivers Thompson was British.
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