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Sir Rivers ThompsonKCSI CIE
Chief Commissioner of Burma
In office
14 April 1875 – 30 March 1878
Preceded byAshley Eden
Succeeded byCharles Umpherston Aitchison
Lieutenant Governor of Bengal
In office
1882–1887
Preceded byAshley Eden
Succeeded bySteuart Colvin Bayley
Personal details
BornAugustus Rivers Thompson
(1829-09-12)12 September 1829
Died27 November 1890(1890-11-27) (aged 61)
Gibraltar
NationalityBritish
OccupationAdministrator

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. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal between 1882 and 1887.

Thompson was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885.

He was president of the executive committee of the Calcutta International Exhibition (1883-1884). He established the R.T. Girls' High School in Suri, Birbhum.

He died of pneumonia in Gibraltar.

References

  1. ^ "Death of Sir Rivers Thompson". Homeward Mail from India, China and the East. 4 December 1890. p. 16. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. Buckland, Charles Edward (1901). Bengal Under The Lieutenant-Governors. Vol. 2. Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri & Co. p. 760.
  3. "The Order of the Star of India". The Times. London. 6 January 1885. p. 4.
  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.

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Preceded byAshley Eden Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma
1875–1878 		Succeeded byCharles Umpherston Aitchinson
Preceded bySir Ashley Eden Lieutenant-governor of Bengal
1882–1887 		Succeeded bySir Steuart Colvin Bayley


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