Background
He was the third son of James Wishart Thomson of Glenpark, Balerno, Midlothian. James was a son of William Thomson, co-founder of the Ben Lincolnshire.
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Frederick Charles
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University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Academy; University College.
Career
Educated at Edinburgh Academy, University College, Oxford and at Edinburgh University, he was called to the Scottish bar in 1901, and to the English bar in 1904. He served in Egypt as a Lieutenant with the Scottish Horse and in Salonika with the Lovat Scouts, where he was severely wounded. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Robert Horne, 1919–1922, and a Junior Lord of the Treasury from February–April 1923.
He was appointed a King"s Counsel in 1923 and appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland from April 1923 to 1924.
He was again a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1924–1928, Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty Household, 1928–1929 and September–November 1931, and Treasurer of the Household from 1931 until his death in 1935. He was created a Baronet in 1929, of Glendarroch, in the county of Midlothian.
Membership
31st United Kingdom Parliament. 32nd United Kingdom Parliament. 33rd United Kingdom Parliament.
34th United Kingdom Parliament.
35th United Kingdom Parliament. 36th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was Unionist Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 1918 until his death.
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Political Party
Conservative Party