the Synoptic Gospels." See the Quarterly Review (April 1892). Family His parents were John Thompson (sic, 1791–1878) and Isabella Thompson (–1847) On 24 July 1855 in Oxford, Thomson married Zoë Skene daughter of James Henry Skene (1812–), British Consul at Aleppo. They had the following children: Ethel Zoë Thomson (1856–), who later edited Thomson's Life and Letters. Wilfred Forbes Home Thomson (1858–1939) Jocelyn Home Thomson (1859–1908) Sir Basil Home Thomson, KCB (21 April 1861 – 26 March 1939), a British intelligence officer, police officer, prison governor, colonial administrator, and writer Zoë Jane Thomson (1862–) Beatrice Mary Thomson (1864–) Alexandra Thomson (1867–1907). Married Col. John Studholme (10 February 1863 – 26 May 1934) Madeline Ita Mary Thomson (1880–) Bernard Henry Home Thomson (1874–1924), his granddaughter is the author Rose Tremain, and his great grandchildren are Rachael Daniel, Tamsin Daniel, Cléon Daniel, and Sebastian Daniel. Notes References Attribution External links 1819 births 1890 deaths Archbishops of York People from Whitehaven People educated at Shrewsbury School Bishops of Gloucester and Bristol Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society 19th-century Anglican archbishops Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford Provosts of The Queen's College, Oxford Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 19th-century Anglican theologians