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The third son of James Wishart Thomson of Glenpark, Balerno , Midlothian, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy , University College, Oxford and at Edinburgh University . He was called to the Scottish Bar in 1901, and to the English Bar in 1904.

He served in Egypt with as a Lieutenant with the Scottish Horse and in Salonika with the Lovat Scouts , where he was severely wounded.

He was Unionist Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South from 1918 until his death.

He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Robert Horne, 1919–1922, and a Junior Lord Of The Treasury from February–April 1923. He was appointed a King's Counsel in 1923 and appointed as Solicitor General For Scotland from 1923–1924. He was again a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1924–1928, Vice-Chamberlain Of HM Household , 1928–1929 and September–November 1931, and Treasurer Of The Household from 1931 until his death in 1935.

He was created a Baronet in 1929.