Frederick Charles Thomson

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Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, 1st Baronet, KC (27 May 1875 – 21 April 1935) was a Scottish Tory politician and lawyer.

The third son of James Wishart Thomson of Glenpark, Balerno, Midlothian, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, University College, Oxford and at Edinburgh University. He was called to the Scottish bar in 1901, and to the English bar in 1904.

He served in Egypt with as a Lieutenant with the Scottish Horse and in Salonika with the Lovat Scouts, where he was severely wounded.

He was Unionist Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 1918 until his death.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Robert Horne, 1919–1922, and a Junior Lord of the Treasury from February–April 1923. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1923 and appointed as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1923–1924. He was again a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1924–1928, Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household, 1928–1929 and September–November 1931, and Treasurer of the Household from 1931 until his death in 1935.

He was created a Baronet in 1929.

Political offices
Preceded by George Hennessy	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1928–1929	Succeeded by John Henry Hayes
Preceded by John Henry Hayes	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1931	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Penny
Preceded by George Hennessy	Treasurer of the Household 1931–1935	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Penny
Preceded by David Pinkerton Fleming	Solicitor General for Scotland 1923–1924	Succeeded by John Charles Fenton
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Fleming	Member for Aberdeen South 1918–1935	Succeeded by Douglas Thomson
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baronet (of Glendarroch, Midlothian) 1929–1935	Succeeded by James Douglas Wishart Thomson