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Thomas Thomson


Born
in Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
November 10, 1768

Died
October 02, 1852

Genre
Manuscripts, Antiquities, History

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Thomas Thomson FRSE FSA Scot was a Scottish advocate, antiquarian and archivist who served as Principal Clerk of Session (1828–1852) and as secretary of the literary section of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1812–20).

Thomson was the eldest son of Rev Thomas Thomson, minister of Dailly in Ayrshire, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Francis Hay. John Thomson was a younger brother. After attending the parish school of Dailly, he entered the University of Glasgow at age 13, where he graduated with an MA on 27 April 1789. He attended classes in theology and law at the University of Edinburgh from 1789 to 1791. He passed the Scottish bar as an advocate on 10 December 1793.

Thomson acquired a practice at the bar, particularly in cases demandi ...more

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