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     Sir Geoffrey Harrington Thompson G.B.E., K.C.M.G. was born on 12 March 1898 in Ootacamund, India.¹ He married firstly Louise Crosby Sewall, daughter of Oscar Trufant Sewall and Josefa Neilson Crosby, in 1926.¹ Sir Geoffrey Harrington Thompson G.B.E., K.C.M.G. and Louise Crosby Sewall were divorced in 1943.¹ Sir Geoffrey Harrington Thompson G.B.E., K.C.M.G. died on 26 January 1967 in Folkestone, Kent, at the age of 68

AMBASSADOR TO BRAZIL
Sir Geofrey Thompson, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., who died on Thursday at the age of 68, was British Ambassador in Bangkok from 1947 to 1950 and British Ambassador to Brazil from 1952 to 1956.
Geoffrey Harrington Thompson, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Thompson, I.M.S. was born
March 12, 1879,and educated at Eastmans, Southsea, and Westminster. He served in the R.F.A. in France and Flanders in the First World War and was wounded in 1917. Soon after he was demobilized he passed into the Diplomatic Service. His first posting, like his last, was to Rio de Janeiro. There was a revolution both times. His second stay in Brazil was marred by a revolt and the suicide of General Vary; In the 1920s and 1930s he served in Washington and Chile, and at Yalencia and Hendaye during the Spanish Civil War.
In his reminiscences Front Line Diplomat (1959), a very apt title, he wrote vividly of the struggle, during which he was constantly in danger. During the Second World War he was in Ankara and Baghdad, and after the war was successively Minister and Ambassador in Bangkok. Never for him the life that popular imagination believes diplomatists live, conferences and negotiations sandwiched by good dinners and cocktail parties; for it was during his time in Bangkok that the violent struggle between Army and Navy took place to be settled by Marshal Pibul. Perhaps the chief event from a British point of view was the conclusion of the Anglo-Siamese rice agreement. Thompson did equally good work as Ambassador in Brazil during the sterling crisis of 1953 when Anglo-Brazilian trade virtually collapsed and Brazil's arrears of sterling reached £64m. he played a prominent part in the difficult negotiators for an agreement.
He married in 1926 Louise Sewall, by whom he had a son and a daughter. The marriage was dissolved in 1943 and he married secondly Hilda, daughter of the Rev. D. Westcott.¹

     Hannah Sewall Thompson was the daughter of Susan Sewall.¹

     Henry Thompson was born on 21 April 1811.¹ He was the son of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹

     Jacob Weeks Thompson married Artemisia Rindge.¹

     James Oatmen Thompson was the son of Susan Sewall.¹

     Jane Ann Thompson was born in 1801.¹ She married Adrian Kissam Hoffman, son of Philip Livingston Hoffman and Helena Kissam.¹ Jane Ann Thompson died in 1876.¹

     Janie Gillispie Thompson was born on 15 June 1871 in New Waverly, Texas.^2,1 She was the daughter of A.J. Thompson and Mary Anna Gillispie.¹ Janie Gillispie Thompson married Francis Lewis Sewall, son of Dr. Francis Lewis Sewall and Sarah Angelica (Ann) Singleton, in 1891.³ Janie Gillispie Thompson and Francis Lewis Sewall appear on the census of 1900 at Walker, Texas.² Janie Gillispie Thompson appears on the census of 1930 at Dallas, Texas, living with her daughter Ella and her family.⁴ She died on 14 March 1952 in Denton, Texas, at the age of 80 and buried in Laurel Land Cemetery.⁵

     Jesse Thornton Thompson was the daughter of Susan Sewall.¹

     John Thompson was born on 4 August 1813.¹ He was the son of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹

     Rev. John Thompson married Sarah Small.²

     Gen. John Leverett Thompson was the son of William Coombs Thompson and Martha Higginson Leverett.¹ Gen. John Leverett Thompson. Lawyer of Chicago, Illinois. He married Laura Chandler.¹

     Sir John Sparrow David Thompson. Prime Minister of Canada 1892-94. He was born on 10 November 1845 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He married Annie Emma Affleck on 5 July 1870.² Sir John Sparrow David Thompson died on 12 December 1894 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, at the age of 49.

     Joseph A. Thompson. Barrister. He was born circa 1874 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.¹ He was the son of Sir John Sparrow David Thompson and Annie Emma Affleck.¹ Joseph A. Thompson married Maud Eleanor Temple, daughter of Edmond Bonner Temple and Louise Smith Douglas, on 14 April 1903 in Toronto, Ontario.¹

     Joseph Sewall Thompson was born on 11 September 1804 in Standish.² He was the son of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹

     Joshua Thompson was born circa 1837.¹ He married Frances Story Sewell, daughter of Col. John Saint-Alban Sewell and Margaret Hobbs, on 6 September 1883 in St. Mathew's Church, Quebec.¹

     Leverett Thompson was born in October 1870.¹ He was the son of Gen. John Leverett Thompson and Laura Chandler.¹

     Lila Thompson was born on 19 February 1878.¹ She married John Albert Sewall, son of John Albert Sewall and Nannie Doles.¹ Lila Thompson died on 6 February 1908 in Shreveport, Louisiana, at the age of 29.¹

     Lucy Thompson was born on 10 April 1800.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹

     Lydia Thompson married Alfred E. Cary.¹

     Margaret Thompson married Samuel Chandler.¹

     Marjorie May Thompson was born on 30 January 1906.¹ She was the daughter of Myron W. Thompson and Maud May Worcester.¹

     Mary Thompson was the daughter of Susan Sewall.¹

     Mary Catherine Thompson was the daughter of Francis Thompson.¹ Mary Catherine Thompson married Rear Admiral Harrison Gray Otis Colby, son of Hon. Harrison Gray Otis Colby and Jane Standish Parker, on 20 April 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹

     Mary Elizabeth Thompson was born on 26 December 1838 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.² She was the daughter of Jacob Weeks Thompson and Artemisia Rindge.² Mary Elizabeth Thompson married Capt. George Blunt Wendell, son of Jacob Wendell and Mehetable Rindge Rogers, on 25 September 1861.^1,2

     Mary Jewett Thompson was born on 22 October 1806 in Standish.² She was the daughter of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹ Mary Jewett Thompson died on 4 July 1808 at the age of 1.²

     Mary Jewett Thompson was born on 26 November 1818.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹

     Mary Jewett Thompson was born on 7 March 1810 in Standish.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹ Mary Jewett Thompson died on 12 March 1812 at the age of 2.¹

     Myron W. Thompson married Maud May Worcester, daughter of Edward Lewis Worcester and Sarah Jane Haddock, on 4 October 1896.¹

     Oliver Thompson was born on 17 May 1802.¹ He was the son of Edward Thompson and Sarah Sewall.¹