Ronald Ferguson Thomson
Sir Ronald Thomson | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Persia|British Ambassador to Iran|British Ambassador to Persia | |
| In office 1908–1912 | |
| Preceded by | William Taylour Thomson |
| Succeeded by | Sir Henry Drummond Wolff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1830 |
| Died | 15 November 1888 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Sir Ronald Ferguson Thomson GCMG CB FRGS (26 June 1830 – 15 November 1888) was a British diplomat.
Thomson spent his entire professional life working for the British Foreign Office in Tehran.[1] He was appointed Secretary of Legation (third class) on 7 September 1848 and was promoted on 5 January 1852 to attaché. In 1879 he succeeded his elder brother William Taylour Thomson in the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to Persia.[2] During his tenure, the Sheikh Ubeydullah uprising took place. In June 1879 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George,[3] later being promoted to Knight Grand Cross.[4] Ronald Thomson retired in 1887. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was buried in the Crystal Palace District Cemetery.
References
- ^ James G. Allen, ' Sir Ronald Thomson and British policy towards Persia in 1879', Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society (Volume 22, Issue 4, 1935)
- ^ James G. Allen, ' Sir Ronald Thomson and British policy towards Persia in 1879', Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society (Volume 22, Issue 4, 1935)
- ^ The Edinburgh Evening News (19 August 1884)
- ^ The Knights of England (Genealogical Publishing Com), 341.
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