Sir James Thompson KCSI (6 July 1848 – 28 December 1929) was a British civil servant and administrator who acted as the governor of Madras from 30 April 1904 to 13 December 1904.
[2] James Thompson was born in 1848 to John Thomson in Cults, Aberdeenshire.
He completed his master's degree in 1868 and qualified for the Indian Civil Service in 1869.
Thomson acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 April 1904 to 13 December 1904 in the absence of Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill who was selected to officiate temporarily as the Viceroy of India.
Thompson was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the year 1904.