Geoffrey Harington Thompson

Sir Geoffrey Harington Thompson, GBE, KCMG (12 March 1898 – 26 January 1967) was a British diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Thailand from 1946 to 1950 (Minister from 1946 to 1947) and British Ambassador to Brazil from 1952 to 1956.

Biography The son of Lieutenant-Colonel Croasdale Miller Thompson, IMS, and Ella Dalziel Harington, Thompson was educated at Eastman's Royal Naval Academy, Southsea and Westminster School.

In 1946, Thompson was appointed British Minister to Thailand, and became Ambassador when relations were upgraded in 1947, serving there until 1950. From 1950 to 1951, he was a civilian instructor at the Imperial Defence College. He was British Ambassador to Brazil from 1952 to 1956, when he retired.

In retirement, Thompson became a director of Atlas Assurance Company, and published his memoirs, Front-line Diplomat (Hutchinson, 1959). promoted to KCMG in the 1949 New Year Honours, and appointed a GBE in the 1957 New Year Honours.

Family Thompson married in 1926 Louise Sewall of Englewood, New Jersey; they had a son and a daughter. The marriage was dissolved in 1943, when he married Hilda Alice, daughter of the Rev. D. Westcott, DD.