Ronald Ferguson Thomson
Sir Ronald Ferguson Thomson KCMG , CB ( June 26, 1830 - November 15, 1888 ) was a British diplomat .
Life
Ronald Ferguson Thomson was appointed third-class delegation secretary in Tehran on September 7, 1848 and promoted to paid attaché on January 5, 1852. He spent his entire professional life in Tehran. In 1879 he succeeded his older brother William Taylour Thomson in the office of ambassador to Tehran. The Sheikh Ubeydallah uprising took place during his tenure . Ronald Ferguson Thomson was retired in 1887 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Denis Wright, The English amongst the Persians: imperial lives in nineteenth-century Iran , p. 29
- ^ Ronald Ferguson Thomson in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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William Taylour Thomson |
British ambassador to Tehran 1879–1887 |
Charles Augustus Murray |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thomson, Ronald Ferguson |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ambassador |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1830 |
DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1888 |