Thomas Charles Thompson (18 February 1821 – 26 September 1892) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1874 and from 1880 to 1885. Thompson was the son of Thomas Thompson of Bishopwearmouth and his wife Elizabeth Pemberton, daughter of Richard Pemberton of Sunderland. He was educated at Harrow School. He attended University College, Durham, where he received his B.A. in 1835, his M.A. in 1840, and became a fellow in 1844. Thompson died at the age of 71.