Ronald Ferguson Thomson

Sir Ronald Ferguson Thomson was a British diplomat.
Thomson spent his entire professional life working for the British Foreign Office in Tehran. He was appointed Secretary of Legation on 7 September 1848 and was promoted on 5 January 1852 to attaché. In 1879 he succeeded his elder brother William Taylour Thomson in the office of List of diplomats of [the United Kingdom to Iran|Envoy Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary] to Persia. During his tenure, the Sheikh Ubeydullah uprising took place. In June 1879 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the [Order of St Michael and St George], later being promoted to Knight Grand Cross. Ronald Thomson retired in 1887. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was buried in the Crystal Palace District Cemetery.