Background
Thomson, Alfred Ray was born on January 16, 1889 in Linden, Maryland, United States. Son of Lewis Beecher (Doctor of Medicine and Anna Merryman (Ray) T.
Thomson, Alfred Ray was born on January 16, 1889 in Linden, Maryland, United States. Son of Lewis Beecher (Doctor of Medicine and Anna Merryman (Ray) T.
Graduate Central High School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1907. Studied political science, George Washington University, 1908-1910.
With United States Weather Bureau, 1907-1911. Appointed consular assistant, 1911. Deputy consul general and later vice and deputy consul general, at Berlin, Germany, 1912-1914.
Vice-consul, Saloniki, 1914-1915. Belgrade, 1915; Saloniki, 1915-1916. Detailed to Department of State, 1916.
Appointed consul, 1917. At Consulate-General Moscow and Irkutsk, 1917-1920. Successively consul at Charlottetown (Canada), Zagreb (Jugoslavia), and Copenhagen, until 1923, Madras, India, 1923-1925, Bradford, England, 1925-1929, Manchester, England, 1929-1935.
Consul general Dresden, Germany, 1935-1940. Appointed secretary in the Diplomatic Service, 1937. Consul general Hamburg, Germany, February-December 1941, Glasgow, Scotland, 1941-1942.
Retired from foreign service June 1, 1942.
Member Order of Washington, Phi Sigma, Kappa, Pi Gamma Museum.
Married Marion Mary Moffat, August 5,1925. Children: David Ray, Malcolm Stuart.