| Authorised form of name | Thomson; Sir; John Deas (c 1763 - 1838); British Navy administrator |
| Dates | c 1763 - 1838 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 1763 |
| Date of death | 21 February 1838 |
| Occupation | Naval official; colonial official |
| Activity | Career:
Naval officer and store-keeper, Leith Scotland (1801); Private Secretary to Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, the First Lord of the Admiralty (1805-1806);.Navy Commissioner (1805-1829); Accountant-General of the Navy (1829-1832); Naval Store Keeper, Cape of Good Hope dockyard [South Africa]; Cape Thompson, an Alaskan headland on the Chukchi Sea was named after him by Captain Frederick William Beechey RN (1826)
Honours:
KCH 1832
Memberships:
FLS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/11/1820 |
| Relationships | Son of John ThomsonMarried Rebecca Freer, daughter of John a South Carolina planter |
| OtherInfo | Received compensation on the emancipation of enslaved people due to his interest as a trustee for a creditor or mortgage holder of a plantation in St Kitts. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Wikipedia; GM; ODNB (entry for Edward Deas Thomson); UCL LBS
References:
'Sir John Deas Thomson', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43995 [accessed 23rd July 2020] |
| Code | NA4553 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1820/09 | Thomson, John Deas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |