Captain David Thomson

???? - 1834


Biography

Mauritius merchant, partner in Thomson, Passmore and Thompson, dying c. 1834. He was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, whose journal carried an obituary in 1835 as a 'distinguished practical navigator', a free trader in India and head of the 'respectable agency house of Thomson, Passmore and Thompson.'


Sources

Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 8, p.283, 'Report of the Council of the Society to the Fifteenth Annual General Meeting, February 13, 1835'.


Further Information

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Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Senior partner
Thomson, Passmore and Thompson
East India merchant  
 

Cultural (1)

Member
Royal Astronomical Society...... 

Relationships (2)

Business partners
Business partners