Sir Ronald Thomson | |
Ambassador From: | British |
Country: | IranBritish Ambassador to Persia |
Term Start: | 1908 |
Term End: | 1912 |
Predecessor: | William Taylour Thomson |
Successor: | Sir Henry Drummond Wolff |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1830 |
Death Date: | 15 November 1888 |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Sir Ronald Ferguson Thomson (26 June 1830 – 15 November 1888) was a British diplomat.
Thomson spent his entire professional life working for the British Foreign Office in Tehran.[1] 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 in the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to Persia.[2] During his tenure, the Sheikh Ubeydullah uprising took place. In June 1879 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George,[3] later being promoted to Knight Grand Cross.[4] Ronald Thomson retired in 1887. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was buried in the Crystal Palace District Cemetery.