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Augustus Rivers Thompson

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Preceded by
  
Ashley Eden

Name
  
Augustus Thompson

Preceded by
  
Ashley Eden

Died
  
1890

Nationality
  
British

Education
  
Eton College

Occupation
  
Administrator


Augustus Rivers Thompson

Succeeded by
  
Charles Umpherston Aitchison

Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson KCSI CIE (12 September 1829 – 27 November 1890) 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.

Augustus Rivers Thompson Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson Photograph by British Library

Thompson was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885.

His name is also associated with the European agitators in the Ilbert Bill controversy. He was president of the executive committee of the Calcutta International Exhibition (1883-1884). He established the R.T. Girls' High School in Suri, Birbhum.

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