Sir Rivers Thompson | |
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Chief Commissioner of Burma | |
In office 14 April 1875 – 30 March 1878 | |
Preceded by | Ashley Eden |
Succeeded by | Charles Umpherston Aitchison |
Lieutenant Governor of Bengal | |
In office 1882–1887 | |
Preceded by | Ashley Eden |
Succeeded by | Steuart Colvin Bayley |
Personal details | |
Born | Augustus Rivers Thompson 12 September 1829 |
Died | 27 November 1890 Gibraltar[1] | (aged 61)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Administrator |
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.[citation needed] He was Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal between 1882 and 1887.[2]
Thompson was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885. [3]
He was president of the executive committee of the Calcutta International Exhibition (1883-1884).[4] He established the R.T. Girls' High School in Suri, Birbhum.
He died of pneumonia in Gibraltar.[1]