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. 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 Sir William Taylour Thomson (1813-1883) was a British military officer and diplomat. Military career He was a gifted military officer. When the British ship "Tigris" sank in the Euphrates river he was one of the survivors. In 1839 he partici ...

in the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to Persia. During his tenure, the

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uprising took place. In June 1879 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, later being promoted to Knight Grand Cross.''The Knights of England'' (Genealogical Publishing Com), 341. Ronald Thomson retired in 1887. He was a

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and was buried in the Crystal Palace District Cemetery.

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1830 births 1888 deaths British diplomats Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of the Bath Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society {{UK-diplomat-stub