Barker - Humphrys Family Tree
William Thomson
1770 - -
Name William Thomson Birth 22 Jul 1770 Gender Male Person ID I2673 Barker-Humphrys Last Modified 21 Nov 2020
Family Agnes Johnson, b. 6 Sep 1770 Marriage 1790 Children + 1. Davidann Thomson, b. 27 Aug 1792 d. 21 Aug 1882 (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F897 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Nov 2020
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Notes - By profession William Thomson was a "Writer or King's Writer", a Scottish term, equivalent to the English one for the highest position for which a lawyer or attorney can attain. He was also legal adviser and close friend of the Duke of Buccleuch. Quiet and retiring by nature he passed the greater part of his life at "Park End" in Dumfries and his county seat "Castle Dykes." He refused a title more than once, saying he preferred to remain plain William Thomson. In later years he purchased an estate a little out of Dumfries called "The Woodhouse Tower" where he died September 22nd, 1847 (Source unrecorded)
- By profession William Thomson was a "Writer or King's Writer", a Scottish term, equivalent to the English one for the highest position for which a lawyer or attorney can attain. He was also legal adviser and close friend of the Duke of Buccleuch. Quiet and retiring by nature he passed the greater part of his life at "Park End" in Dumfries and his county seat "Castle Dykes." He refused a title more than once, saying he preferred to remain plain William Thomson. In later years he purchased an estate a little out of Dumfries called "The Woodhouse Tower" where he died September 22nd, 1847 (Source unrecorded)