Baron Thomson of Fleet

Template:Use dmy dates Baron Thomson of Fleet, of Northbridge in the City of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1964 for Roy Thomson, a Canadian-born newspaper magnate.<ref name="LG 1964">Template:London Gazette</ref> He was succeeded in 1976 by his son, the second baron. Template:As of, the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2006.<ref name="austentorch">"In Canada, the Torch is Passed on a Quiet but Profitable Legacy," by Ian Austen, The New York Times (Business Day section) p. C1, July 3, 2006; accessed April 19, 2020.</ref>

Barons Thomson of Fleet (1964)

• Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (1894–1976)
• Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
• David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (b. 1957)

The heir to this title is the present holder's son, the Hon. Benjamin James Ludwick Thomson (b. 2006)

Line of Succession

• File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (1894–1976)
  • File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (1923–2006)
    • File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (b. 1957)
      • (1) The Hon. Benjamin James Ludwick Thomson (b. 2006)
    • (2) The Hon. Peter John Thomson (b. 1965)

Additional sources

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, Template:Page needed
• {{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B=

| peers/peers{{#if: | | }}.htm | }} Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages {{#if: | – Peerages beginning with "" | }} {{#if: | (part ) | }}{{#if: |

         |

         }}{{#ifeq: |
  |
  {{#if: 
  |
  | {{#if:|
      {{#if:
      |[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP template with two unnamed parameters|]]
      |[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP template with one unnamed parameter|]]
      }}
    |
    }}
   }}
  }}

}} Template:Extant Barons of the United KingdomTemplate:Noble-stub