Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson KCSI CIE (1829–1890) served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from April 1875 to March 1878. He was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885.
| Preceded by Ashley Eden |
Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma 1875–1878 |
Succeeded by Charles Umpherston Aitchinson |
| Preceded by Stewart Colvin Bayley |
Lieutenant-governor of Bengal 1882–1885 |
Succeeded by Horace Abel Cockerell (acting) |