John Perronet Thompson
Sir John Perronet Thompson, KCSI, KCIE (8 March 1873 – 8 August 1935) was a British administrator in India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was Political Secretary to the Government of India from 1922 to 1927 and Chief Commissioner of Delhi from 1928 to 1932.
He was educated at Leeds Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge; at Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge Union.
References[edit]
- "Sir John Thompson", The Times, 9 August 1935, p. 12
- "Sir John Thompson", The Daily Telegraph, 9 August 1935, p. 13
Categories:
- 1873 births
- 1935 deaths
- Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- People educated at Leeds Grammar School
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Presidents of the Cambridge Union
- Members of the Council of State (India)
- British people in colonial India