Lucius Thompson-McCausland, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lucius Thompson-McCausland

economist

Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1904

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1984

Profession: economist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lucius Perronet Thompson-McCausland (12 December 1904 – 16 February 1984) was a British economist who took part in the Bretton Woods conference and was a Treasury advisor during the sterling crisis in the 1960s. Thompson was the son of Sir John Thompson and his wife Ada Tyrrell.
His father was Chief Commissioner of Delhi between 1928 and 1932.
He was educated at Repton School and was a scholar at King's College, Cambridge.
He joined Herbert Wagg & Co in 1928 and the Financial News, and Moody's Economist service in 1929.
He left the Financial News in 1934 and in 1939 left Moody's and joined the Bank of England as a temporary clerk and was assistant adviser from 1941 to 1949.
He assumed the surname Thompson-McCausland by Royal Licence on 16 April 1942, in accordance with family settlement.