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