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Sir Henry Raeburn RA (British, 1756-1823) Portrait of John Deas Thomson KCH FRS FLS (c.1763-1838) image 1
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Lot 46

Sir Henry Raeburn RA
(British, 1756-1823)
Portrait of John Deas Thomson KCH FRS FLS (c.1763-1838)

8 October 2025, 14:00 BST
Edinburgh

£5,000 - £7,000

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Sir Henry Raeburn RA (British, 1756-1823)

Portrait of John Deas Thomson KCH FRS FLS (c.1763-1838)
oil on canvas
129 x 102cm (50 13/16 x 40 1/8in).

Footnotes

Sir John Deas Thomson KCH FRS FLS (c.1763 – 21 February 1838), was a British naval administrator. Born in Edinburgh, he was the son of John Thomson, who also worked as a naval administrator. In 1801, he was described as a 'Naval Officer and store-keeper' based in Leith. From 1805 to 1806, he held the position of Private Secretary to Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, the First Lord of the Admiralty.

In 1820, Thomson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and was also made a fellow of the Linnean Society.

Clearly very well respected in his lifetime, Cape Thompson, a headland located on the Chukchi Sea coast of Alaska, was named in his honour by Captain Frederick William Beechey of the Royal Navy during an Northwest Passage expedition in 1826.

From 1829 to 1832, he was appointed Accountant-General of the Navy, during which time he introduced the practice of double-entry bookkeeping to the department. In 1832, he was knighted by the King and made a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Order (KCH).

Sir John Deas Thomson died at Farleigh Priory, Maidstone, Kent, in 1838.

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