William Taylour Thomson

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The unusual twin grave of William Taylour Thomson and his wife, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh

Sir William Taylour Thomson KCMG CB (1813–1883) was a British military officer and diplomat.

He was a gifted military officer. When the British ship Tigris sank in the Euphrates river he was one of the survivors. In 1839 he participated in taking of Herat. He served in Iran in 1849 and 1853 to 1855.[1]

Diplomatic career

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