Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai ia hei tamaiti iti rawa o ngā tama tokowhā a Robert Thompson o Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, ā, i kuraina ia ki te Kura o Merchant Taylors. Ko nga tuakana tokowhā katoa, tae atu ki a Maurice raua ko George, i noho hei kaihokohoko angitu i Ranana. He Kaunihera pono, ko ia te tuarua o te rangatira i te Pakanga Tuatahi o Newbury
He aha? 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.