John Perronet Thompson
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Sir John Perronet Thompson, KCSI, KCIE (8 March 1873 – 8 August 1935) was a British administrator in India.[1] A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was secretary to Sir Michael O'Dwyer in 1919.[2] From 1922 to 1927, he was Political Secretary to the Government of India, and from 1928 to 1932, he was Chief Commissioner of Delhi.[1][3]
John Thompson was the second son of Vincent Thomas Thompson, Assistant Recorder of Leeds.[4] He was educated at Leeds Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] At Cambridge he was President of the Cambridge Union.
Personal and family
In 1901 Thompson married Ada Lucia Tyrell, daughter of Dr R.Y. Tyrell, Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. They had three sons and two daughters.[4]