Oscar Stephen Thompson
From Graces Guide
Oscar Stephen Thompson (1878-1937)
1901 Living at 17 Seymour Street, St. Marylebone: Oscar Thompson (age 23 born Aberdeen), Shipowner. Four servants.[1]
1936/37 Obituary [2]
Oscar Thompson was born in 1878 and in 1894 he joined the Aberdeen Line of Steamships, of which his grandfather was the founder.
He was responsible for the design of the later steamships of the line and was well known in the automobile world for his interest in racing, his car Pobble being a well-known feature on the Brooklands Track.
During the War he fitted up the car as an ambulance and drove it himself in France under the French Red Cross.
He died on 26th July, 1937, at the age of 59.
He was elected an Associate in 1911.
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