Thomson, John Maitland
THOMSON, JOHN MAITLAND. Adm. pei}S. at Trinity, Apr. 24,
1865. S. of William, of Balgowan, Perthshire (and Margaret
Cunninghame, dau. of Major James Campbell, of Walton
Park) B. [Nov. 29], 1847, in Edinburgh. School, Harrow.
Matric. Michs. 1866; Scholar, 1867; B.A. {ird Classic) 1870;
M.A. 1873. Fellow, 1871. Advocate of the Scottish Bar,
1873. Curator of the Historical Dept. of the General Register
House of Scotland. Of The Whim, Peebles-shire. J. P. for
Peebles. Married, 1894, Susan Sophia, youngest dau. of
Lawrence Oliphant, Esq., of Condie, Perthshire. Died Mar.
21, 1923. {Harrow Sch. Reg.; Walford, County Families; The
Times, Mar. 26, 1923.)
THOMSON, JOHN ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 18) at St John's, Apr. 30, 1827. S. of the Rev. John (1786), D.D., deceased (and
Elizabeth Rose). B. in Kensington. School, Hammersmith.
Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1832; M.A. 1840. Ord. deacon
(Exeter) Oct. 27, 1833; priest, Oct. 25, 1835. Head Master of
Totnes School and Chaplain of Totnes Union, Devon, 1839-
47. C. of St Phihp's, Dalston, Middlesex, 1849-55. C. of Wavertree, Lanes., 1856-8. C. of the Octagon, Bath, 1868-9.
C. of Great Torrington, Devon, 1869-75. V. of Morwenstow, Cornwall, 1876. Disappears from Clergy List, 1877.
THOMSON, JOHN ROBERT HOUGH. Adm. pens, (age 19) at
Jesus, Oct. i, 1872. S. of James Duncan, Esq. [of Redhill,
Surrey]. B. at Rondesbosch, Cape of Good Hope. School,
Eton. Matric. Michs. 1872; B.A. 1876; M.A. 1879. Died
Aug, 30, 1909, at Hay Lodge, Braughing, Herts., aged 56.
{Eton Sch. Lists; The Times, Sept. 2, 1909.)
THOMSON, JOSEPH JOHN. Adm. sizar at Trinity, Oct. 12,
1876. [Eldest] s. of Joseph James, of Fallowfield, Manchester.
B. there [Dec. 18], 1856. From Owens College, Manchester.
Matric. Michs. 1876; Scholar, 1878; Sheepshanks exhibitioner,
1879; B.A. {2nd Wrangler and 2nd Smith's prize) 1880; M.A. 1883; Adams prize, 1883; Hon. Sc.D. 1920. Fellow, 1880-
1918; Master, 1918-40. University Lecturer in mathematics,
1883-4; Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, 1884- 1918. F.R.S., 1884; Royal and Hughes medals; President,
1916-20. Rede Lecturer, 1896. Knighted, 1908; O.M., 1912. President of the PhOosophical Society, 1894 and 19 19.
Kelvin medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1938. Hon.
D.Sc, Oxford, Dublin, London, Victoria, Columbia, Durham,
Birmingham, Gottingen, Leeds, Oslo, Sorbonne, Edinburgh,
Reading; Hon. LL.D., Princeton, Glasgow, Johns Hopkins,
Aberdeen, .A.thens. Ph.D., Cracow and Philadelphia.
Awarded the Nobel prize, 1906. Member of the Institute
of France. Professor of Physics at the Royal Institution,
1905. President of the British Association, 1909. 'As a leader he was a pillar of flame to foUow, but difi&cult enough
to keep up with. His own industry was nothing short of
terrific.' Married, Jan. 2, 1890, Rose Elizabeth, dau. of Sir George Paget, K.C.B., Regius Professor of physic, and had
issue. Author, A Treatise on the Motion of the Vortex Rings ;
Discharge of Electricity through Gases ; Conduction of Electricity
through Gases; The Electron in Chemistry; Recollections and
Reflections, etc. Died Aug. 30, 1940. {Camb. Univ. Reporter,
Oct. 1940; D.N.B.; Who was Who; The Times, Aug. 31, and
Sept. 4, 1940.)
THOMSON, LIONEL. Adm. pens, at Trinity Hall, Oct. 15,
1888. S. of D. L., Esq., of i, Onslow Gardens, London, S.W.
School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1888. A member of the
London Stock Exchange. Died May 29, 1911. {Harrow Sch.
Reg., which gives Lionel Gronow.)
THOMSON, ROBERT. Adm. sizar (age 24) at Jesus, Mar. 5,
1790. Of Scotland. Adm. Fell. -Com. at St John's, July 7, 1793. Conducted the Kensington Academy with his brother
John. Elected, 1786, to the Natural History Society (which
flourished, 1782-94), predecessor of the Linnean Society.
R. of Longstowe, Cambs., 1810-15. Of Longstowe Hall in 1814, when his wife Charlotte Eleanora died there. Died
Jan. 6, 1831, in York Terrace, London. Brother of John
(1786). {St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 514; G. Mag., 1831, 12806.)
THOMSON, ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Jesus, July 2,
1829. Of Kent. S. of the Rev. John Bovle (1798). School,
private. Matric. Michs. 1829; B.A. 1833; M.A. 1836.
THOMSON, SETON MURRAY. Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 14,
1886. S. of Seton, of Golfhill, Glasgow. B. [Apr. 25], 1864, in
Glasgow. School, HaiTow. Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889.
Sometime in the ist Dragoons. Of Preston House, Linlithgow,
West Lothian, where he died July 2, 1949. (Harrow Sch. Reg.)
THOMSON, SPENCER AUBREY. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 15, 1891. [2nd] s. of Spencer Campbell (next), of
10, Eglinton Crescent, Edinburgh. B. [June 14], 1873, in
Edinburgh. School, Repton. Matric. Michs. 1891. A stock-
broker. Married, Lily, dau. of Grosvenor Jennings, of
Beamhurst Hall, Uttoxeter, Staffs. Died Feb. 2, 1944, at
Thomson, William Dixon Mann
St Leonards-on-Sea. {Repton Sch. Reg.; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; The Times, Feb. 5, 1944.)
THOMSON, SPENCER CAMPBELL. Adm. pens, at Trinity.
June 19, 1861. [2ndJ s. of WiUiam Thomas, of 41, Moray
Place, Edinburgh [Manager of the Standard Life Assurance
Co.] (and Christian Ann, dau. of Wilham B. Seaman). B.
there, Oct. 16, 1842. Schools, Rugby and Edinburgh
Academy. Matric. Michs. 1861; B.A. 1865. Manager (for
30 years) of the Standard Life Assurance Co. in 1874, on his
father's retirement. President of the Faculty of Actuaries in
Scotland. Hon. President of the .\ctuarial Society of Edin-
burgh, 1877 and 1886. Chairman of the Life Ofi&ces Associa- tion of Scotland, 1892. F.R.S.E. Of 10, Eglinton Terrace,
Edinburgh. Married (i) Jan. 20, 1869, Georgina Maria
Joanna, dau. of George Ferguson Cockbum, of the Bengal
Civil Service, and had issue; (2) 1919, Helen Gladys Mont-
gomery, dau. of James Walker, Esq. Died May 11, 1931.
Brother of Alexander G. (1863) ; father of the above. (C. C. M.
Saunders; Edinburgh Acad. Reg.; Fox-Davies, Armortal Families.)
THOMSON, THOMAS JAMES. Adm. pens, at Trinity .Apr. 8, 1830. Matric. Michs. 1830.
THOMSON, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, (age 17) at Jesus. Apr. 22,
1833. S. of William, Captain. B. in London. School.
Uppingham. Matric. Michs. 1833; B.A. 1837; M.A. 1840.
C. of St Nicholas, GuUdford, Surrey, 1S45-8. Disappears from Clergy List, 1849.
THOMSON, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Apr. 6,
184 1. [2nd] s. of James, LL.D., Professor of mathematics at
Glasgow. B. June 26, 1824, in Belfast. [Matric. at Glasgow
University, 1834.] Matric. Michs. 1841; Scholar, 1843; B.A.
{2nd Wrangler and ist Smith's prize) 1845; M.A. 1848; Hon. LL.D. 1866. FeUow, 1846-52 and 1872-1907. Rede Lecturer,
1866. F.R.S. 1851; F.R.S.E.; Copley medal, 1883. Hon.
LL.D. of Dublki, Edinburgh and Montreal; Hon. D.C.L.,
Oxford. D.L. for Glasgow. Chancellor of Glasgow University,
1904-7. Professor of Natural PhUosophy at Glasgow, 1846-99.
G.C.V.O., 1896. Electrician for the .Atlantic cables, 1857-8 and 1865-6; Electrical Engineer for the French Atlantic
cables and others. Knighted, 1866. Created Baron Kelvin.
1892. President of the Royal Society, 1890-5; of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh, 1886-9 and 1895-1907. President of
the British Association, 1871. O.M., 1902. Grand Officer of
Legion of Honour; Commander of Order of King Leopold of
Belgium. Inventor of the mirror galvanometer and siphon
recorder, in connection with submarine telegraphy; also of
the navigational sounding machine, and many electrical
measuring instruments. Married (i) Sept. 14, 1852, Margaret, eldest dau. of Walter Cnim, of Thomliebank; (2) 1874,
Frances Anne, dau. of C. R. Blandy, of Madeira. Author of
numerous papers on mathematical and physical subjects. Benefactor to Peterhouse. Died Dec. 17, 1907; buried in
Westminster Abbey. {T. A. Walker, 472; D.N.B.; Who was
Who.)
THOMSON, The Rev. WILLIAM. M.A. 1852, incorp. from Oxford;
Hon. LL.D. 1889. [Eldest s. of John, gent., of Whitehaven,
Cuinberiand. B. Feb. 11, 1819.] Matric. from Queen's CoUege, Oxford, June 2, 1836, age 19; B.A. (Oxford) 1840;
M.A. (Oxford) 1844; B.D. and D.D. (Oxford) 1856. FeUow,
1840; Dean, Bursar and tutor of Queen's CoUege, Oxford; Provost, 1855-61. P.C. of All Souls, Marylebone, 1855.
Preacher at Lincoln's Inn, 1855-61. Bishop of Gloucester,
1861-2; Archbishop of York, and Metropolitan, 1862-90. Married, 1855, Zoe, dau. of James Henry Skene, and had
issue. Author and Editor, The Atoning Work of Christ;
Lincoln's Inn Sermons; Aids to Faith; Life in the Light of
God's Word; Outline of the Laws of Thought; Word, Work, and. Will, etc. Died Dec. 25, 1890, at Bishopthorpe. (Al. Oxon.;
Crockford; Burke, P. and B.)
THOMSON, WILLIAM. Adm. pens, at Trinity, July 15, 1867.
[2nd] s. of George [of Ellingham House, Cheltenham]. B.
May 30, 1849, in Manchester. School, Cheltenham College.
Did not reside. Adm. at St Catharine's, June 16, 1868. Matric. Michs. 1868; B.A. 1872. .A.dm. at the Inner Temple,
Nov. 3, 1870. Resided in the Fiji Islands for several years.
Died Feb. 22, 1891, at Cheltenham. {Inns of Court; Chelten- ham Coll. Reg.)
THOMSON (post MANN-THOMSON). WILLIAM DIXON MANN.
Adm. pens, at Trinity, June 14, 18S6. S. of John [Mann], of
Kirkmichael House, Maybole, .-\yTshire. B. [Mar. 9], 1867, at
Coatbridge, Lanarks. School, Kugby. Matric. Michs. 1886;
B.A. and LL.B. 1889. Second Lieut., Royal Horse Guards,
1891; Lieut., 1893; Capt., 1896. Served in the South .\frican
War, 1899-1901. Major, 1907. (Rugby Sch. Reg.; Army Lists, Mann-Thomson.)
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