The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John Hurt. The book began as a 1964 radio interview with Crisp conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric Philip O'Connor. A managing director at Jonathan Cape heard the interview and commissioned the publication. Having sold only 3,500 copies when first released, the book became a success when it was republished following the television movie broadcast. The book contains many anecdotes about Crisp's life from childhood to middle age, including troubles
James Thompson (civil servant) officiate temporarily as the Viceroy of India. In 1908, Thompson was nominated to the council of the Secretary of State for India. Thompson was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the year 1904. Thompson married Charlotte Georgina Grant, the eldest daughter of William White Grant in 1873. James Thompson (civil servant) Sir James Thompson (6 July 18481929) was a British civil servant and administrator who acted as the Governor of Madras from 30 April 1904 to 13 December 1904. James Thompson was born in 1848 to John Thomson in Cults, Aberdeenshire. He had