John Deas Thomson ( c 1763 - 1838 )

Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (1763) Death: 21 February 1838 Profession: Naval official; colonial official Career: Naval officer and store-keeper, Leith Scotland (1801); Private Secretary to Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, the First Lord of the Admiralty (1805-1806);.Navy Commissioner (1805-1829); Accountant-General of the Navy (1829-1832); Naval Store Keeper, Cape of Good Hope dockyard [South Africa]; Cape Thompson, an Alaskan headland on the Chukchi Sea was named after him by Captain Frederick William Beechey RN (1826) Honours: KCH 1832 Memberships: FLS Membership: Fellow Election Date: 16/11/1820.