ABSTRACT
W. F. Thompson (1810–42) was born in London, and attended Haileybury college before entering the Bengal civil service. He started his career in 1829, when he was appointed assistant magistrate and collector in Bareilly: over the following years he served in Bundelkhand, Delhi and the north Indian district of Hissar. In 1835 he travelled to New South Wales, on medical leave, and from there to Britain. Returning to India, he worked in Ghazipur, and later Agra, where he died in December 1842.
