Background
THOMSON, John was born on April 3, 1908 in Oxfordshire. Son of Guy and Evelyn Vera (Hughes) Thomson.
THOMSON, John was born on April 3, 1908 in Oxfordshire. Son of Guy and Evelyn Vera (Hughes) Thomson.
Winchester College, and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Chairman Barclays Bank Limited. 1956-1958, Deputy Chairman 1958-1962, Chairman 1962-1973, Director 1978. Chairman Nuffield Medical Trustees 1951-1982, Nuffield Orthopaedic Trust (until 1982).
President British Bankers Association 1964-1966.
Director Union Discount Company of London 1960-1974. Chairman Morland and Company Limited.
83. Lord Lieutenant, of Oxfordshire 1963-1979.
Deputy High Steward, Oxford University.
Royal Commission, on Trade Unions and Employers Associations 1965-1968.
Married 1st Elizabeth Brotherhood in 1935 (died in 1977). Married 2nd Eva Elizabeth Dreaper in 1979.