Robert Tatlock Thomson FRSE FRIC (1856–1950) was a 19th/20th century British chemist and public analyst.
In 1891, with his uncle the chemist Robert Rattray Tatlock (1837-1934), he joined the chemical analysis firm of Tatlock & Readman By 1896 he was a junior partner and the firm was renamed Tatlock, Readman & Thomson, being based at 156 Bath Street in central Glasgow.
In 1915 it was also required that whisky be matured in barrels for a minimum of three years.
[5] By 1911 the firm was still at Bath Street but Thomson was living in a far grander house: Esmond Villa at 6 Lethington Avenue in the Langside district.
[7] The firm of Tatlock & Thomson Ltd still exists but is now based between Inverkeithing and Leven, Fife.