Walter James Franklin Williamson

Sir Walter James Franklin Williamson (16 April 1867 – 19 November 1954) was a colonial British official who worked as a financial advisor to the Kingdom of Siam.

He was for sometime editor of the Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam along with Malcolm Smith.

He studied at the City of London School and Clifton House School, Eastbourne after which he joined the Indian Civil Service serving as an accountant general for India from 1890 to 1900 and then as director of paper currency in Siam from 1900-1904.

[3] Williamson collected birds from Thailand, also sending out collectors of eggs and skins to other parts including Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Narathiwat provinces.

Williamson's publications on birds include: He also wrote a catalogue of postal stamps with a note on the Thai currency.