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{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}

'''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 magnate.<ref name="LG 1964">{{London Gazette |issue=43267 |date=10 March 1964 |page=2189 }}</ref> He was succeeded in 1976 by his son, the second baron. {{As of|2020|}}, the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2006.<ref name="austentorch">[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/03/business/media/03thomson.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print "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 Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet|Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (1894–1976)
* [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet|Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (1923–2006)
* [[David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet|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 ===
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* [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''[[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet|Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (1894–1976)''
** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] ''[[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet|Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (1923–2006)''
*** [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|15px]] '''[[David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet|David Kenneth Roy Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet]]''' (b. 1957)
**** '''(1)''' The Hon. Benjamin James Ludwick Thomson (b. 2006)
*** '''(2)''' The Hon. [[Peter Thomson (racing driver)|Peter John Thomson]] (b. 1965)
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== Arms ==
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|image = [[File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|centre|150px]][[File:Arms of Thomson, Baron Thomson of Fleet.svg|centre|180px]]
|escutcheon = Argent a stag's head cabossed Proper on a chief Azure between two mullets a hunting-horn of the first stringed Gules.
|crest = A beaver sejant erect Proper blowing upon a hunting-horn Argent slung over his dexter shoulder by a riband of the dress tartan Proper to Thomson of that Ilk and his dependers.
|supporters = Dexter a Mississauga Indian habited in the proper costume of his tribe holding in his dexter hand a bow all Proper; sinister a shepherd bearing in his sinister hand a shepherd's crook on his head a bonnet all Proper and wearing a kilt of the usual tartan Proper to Thomson of that Ilk and his dependers.
|motto = Never A Backward Step.<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage |date=2000}}</ref>
}}

== References ==
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== Additional sources ==
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
* {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
{{Extant Barons of the United Kingdom}}

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