This is a family tree of the Thomson family. The male head of the family holds the hereditary title of

Baron Thomson of Fleet Baron Thomson of Fleet, of Northbridge in the Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1964 for Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Roy Thomson, a Canadians, Canadian-born newspaper mag ...

in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ...

. Since 2006, this has been

David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet (born 12 June 1957), is a Canadian/British hereditary peer and media magnate. Upon the death of his father in 2006, Thomson became the chairman of Thomson Corporation and also inherited his f ...

(born 1957), one of three children of

Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (September 1, 1923 – June 12, 2006), known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by ''Forbes'' as the richest pe ...

. Collectively, the Thomson family is the wealthiest family in Canada, and some members are included on the list of Canada's richest people, with Sherry Brydsonthe only child of Irma Thomson, one of

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, (5 June 1894 – 4 August 1976) was a Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street in London. He first came to prominence when he was selling radios in ...

's three childrenholding the largest single stake (23.47%) in

The Woodbridge Company The Woodbridge Company Limited is a Canadian private holding company based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the primary investment vehicle for members of the family of the late Roy Thomson. David W. Binet was the president and chief executive office ...

, the family's holding company, making her Canada's second richest person and richest female, as of 2024. Her cousins, the 3rd Baron Thomson and his siblings Taylor and Peter, each hold 14% stakes in The Woodbridge Company. The three children of the 1st Baron Thomson's third child, Phyllis Audrey ThomsonLinda, Susan (died 2017, stake bequeathed to her four children) and Gayehold a roughly 11% stake each. The seven cousins (six, with Susan's death), also hold other investments outside of their direct stakes in The Woodbridge Company.

Notable members

Chronological by birth: * David Thomson (1760–1834) *

(1894–1976) *

(1923–2006) *

(b. 1957) * Peter Thomson (b. 1965)

References

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Thomson Thomson may refer to: Names * Thomson (surname), a list of people with this name and a description of its origin * Thomson baronets, four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Thomson Businesses and organizations * SGS-Thomson M ...