Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He wa
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, 1774
Thompson's monument at Fareham
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770, when he died in office. While serving as recto
Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet
…health eventually led to the end of Thompson's active career. From 1796 to 1799 he was also MP for Monmouth. Thompson's father is thought to have been Norborne Berkeley, later Baron Botetourt, of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, governor of Virginia, his mother was Margaret Thompson. (Charles was illegitimate). He, his mother and sister…
Portrait by Harry Ashby, 1774
The Dower House
The 1993 statue in the Old College Yard