| Sir Rivers Thompson | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | KCSI CIE |
| Office: | Chief Commissioner of Burma |
| Term Start: | 14 April 1875 |
| Term End: | 30 March 1878 |
| Predecessor: | Ashley Eden |
| Successor: | Charles Umpherston Aitchison |
| Office2: | Lieutenant Governor of Bengal |
| Term Start2: | 1882 |
| Term End2: | 1887 |
| Predecessor2: | Ashley Eden |
| Successor2: | Steuart Colvin Bayley |
| Birth Name: | Augustus Rivers Thompson |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1829 |
| Death Place: | Gibraltar[1] |
| 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. 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]