Augustus Rivers Thompson

Sir Rivers Thompson
KCSI CIE
Sir Rivers Thompson KCSI CIE
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 (aged 61); Gibraltar
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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Death of Sir Rivers Thompson". Homeward Mail from India, China and the East. 4 December 1890. p. 16. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ Buckland, Charles Edward (1901). Bengal Under The Lieutenant-Governors. Vol. 2. Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri & Co. p. 760.
^ "The Order of the Star of India". The Times. London. 6 January 1885. p. 4.
^ Pelle, Findling, ed. (2008). "Appendix C:Fair Officials". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 418–419. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.

Government offices
Preceded by Ashley Eden	Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma 1875–1878	Succeeded by Charles Umpherston Aitchinson
Preceded by Sir Ashley Eden	Lieutenant-governor of Bengal 1882–1887	Succeeded by Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley

Sir Rivers Thompson KCSI CIE


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 (1829-09-12)12 September 1829
Died	27 November 1890(1890-11-27) (aged 61) Gibraltar^[1]
Nationality	British
Occupation	Administrator