Rivers Thompson
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal between 1882 and 1887.[1]
Thompson was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885. [2]
He was president of the executive committee of the Calcutta International Exhibition (1883-1884).[3] He established the R.T. Girls' High School in Suri, Birbhum.
He died of pneumonia in Gibraltar.[4]
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- Administrators in British Burma
- 1829 births
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- Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire
- Lieutenant-governors of Bengal
- People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
- Members of the Council of the Governor General of India
- Indian Civil Service (British India) officers