Charles Edward Poulett Thomson (BaronSydenham) was an English statesman. He was born in 1799 at Wimbledon and died in 1841 following a riding accident. He entered parliament in 1862 as member for Dover, and became vice-president of the board of trade in 1830. In the Reform Parliament of 1832 he was member for Manchester, and in 1834 became president of the board of trade. In 1839 he was appointed governor general of Canada, and was largely instrumental in effecting the union of the provinces as a sequel to the Durham report, and introduced a central government and constitution. In 1840 he was made a baron.
Charles Thomson was an Irish-born American insurgent. He was born in 1729 and died in 1824. He went to America from Ireland in 1746. His influence during the American Revolution was such that he was called 'the Sam Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty'. He was Secretary of the Continental Congress during its entirehistory, from 1774 to 1789. He made careful records of the proceedings and took valuable notes. Research Charles Thomson
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