Who's Who in the Far East/THOMSON, Hon. Alexander Macdonald
THOMSON, Hon. Alexander Macdonald (HONGKONG), M.A., Aberdeen, Colonial Treasurer and Member of Executive and Legislative Councils; b. Sept. 27, 1863, at Turriff, Scotland, 2nd s. of J. W. Thomson, M.A., schoolmaster, and Isabella, e. d. of late Alexander Macdonald, of Kindrought, Portsoy, N.B. Educ.: Aberdeen University (M.A., with 1st class in Mathematics, 1883). Lecturer in Mathematics, Naini Tal College, N.W.P., India, 1884-1885; assistant Professor of Mathematics, Aberdeen, 1887; appointed Cadet, Hongkong Civil Service, Nov. 5, 1887; arrived in Colony, Oct. 15. 1888; Bacon's Scholar, Gray's Inn, 1888; passed examination in Chinese, 1890; acting Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretary's Office, Oct. 21, 1890; acting Clerk of Councils, Jan. 1, 1891; acting Superintendent, Victoria Gaol, April 1, 1891; acting assistant Colonial Secretary, March 30, 1892; acting Registrar-General, June 14, 1893; acting Colonial Treasurer, March 6, 1895; acting P.M.G., April 7, 1896; P.M.G., Oct. 17, 1896; Colonial Treasurer and Member of Executive and Legislative Councils, since July 26, 1898. Recreations: Novels, cards, billiards, rifle -shooting, alley -bowling, cricket, and hillwalking. Club: Hongkong. Address: Treasury, Hongkong.