Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia ko te taiohi o nga tama tokowha a Robert Thompson o Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, i whakaakona ki te Kura a Merchant Taylors. Ko nga tuakana tokowhā katoa, tae atu ki a Maurice raua ko George, i noho hei kaihokohoko angitu i Ranana. He Kaunihera whai mana, ko ia te tuarua o te rangatira i te
Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi o Newbury. I eke ia ki te rongonui i roto i te East India Company hei kaipupuri moni nui me te Kawana, ka noho hei kaitiaki o Ranana me te kaitiaki.