Sir JOHN PERRONET THOMPSON ,
K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
After a distinguished career at Cambridge, Sir John Perronet Thompson entered the Indian Civil Service in 1896. He has been Chief Secretary for the Punjab, a Member of the Legislative Council, Punjab, of the Indian Legislative Council, of the Reforms Committee ; President of the Railway Police Committee in India in 1921 ; Political Secretary to the Government of India 1922-1927; Member of the Council of State, 1922-1932; and Chief Commissioner of Delhi, 1928-1932, when he retired.
Sir John is Chairman of the Union of Britain and India, an organisation which was formed to give support to the White Paper proposals, and has recently declared its support for the scheme as amended by the Joint Select
Committee. He is Vice-President of the Royal Central Asian Society, a Member of the Council of the Royal
Asiatic Society, and the East India Association and India Society. Sir John will support the Government. ,