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{{Short description|Wealthy family of Canada}}

This is a '''family tree of the Thomson family'''. The male head of the family holds the hereditary title of [[Baron Thomson of Fleet]] in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2015-12-24|title=Canada's Richest People: The Thomson Family|url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/richest-people/rich-100-thomson-family/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.canadianbusiness.com|publisher=Canadian Business}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2006-07-20|title=Canada's Rich, Troubled Thomson Family {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadas-rich-troubled-thomson-family|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> Since 2006, this has been [[David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (born 1957), one of three children of [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]].

Collectively, the Thomson family is the wealthiest family in Canada, and some members are included on the list of [[List of Canadians by net worth|Canada's richest people]], with Sherry Brydson{{snd}}the only child of Irma Thomson, one of [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]]'s three children{{snd}}holding the largest single stake (23.47%) in [[The Woodbridge Company]], the family's holding company, making her Canada's [[Changpeng Zhao|second richest person]] and richest female, as of 2024.<ref name=Bloomberg202402>{{Cite news |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index |work=Bloomberg |date=2024-02-18 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com//billionaires/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219041827/https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/ |archive-date=2024-02-19 |url-status=live |quote=''[note: source updates daily - the archived copy is frozen to the date given, while the live link is dynamic]''}}</ref><ref name=RichestWoman>{{cite magazine |title=Canada's Richest People 2015: Meet Sherry Brydson, Canada's Richest Woman |date=2014-11-20 |magazine=[[Canadian Business]] |url=https://canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/richest-people/sherry-brydson-richest-woman-in-canada-thomson-family/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728122210/https://canadianbusiness.com/lists-and-rankings/richest-people/sherry-brydson-richest-woman-in-canada-thomson-family/ |archive-date=2021-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=James Pattison takes crown as Canada's richest as new information reveals David Thomson's fortune smaller than thought |newspaper=[[Financial Post]] |url=http://business.financialpost.com/news/james-pattison-takes-crown-as-canadas-richest-as-new-information-reveals-david-thomsons-fortune-smaller-than-thought |access-date=2018-03-31 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Her cousins, the 3rd Baron Thomson and his siblings Taylor and Peter, each hold 14% stakes in The Woodbridge Company.<ref name=FamilyShares>{{cite news |title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index {{!}} # 291 Linda Campbell $8.19B |date=2023-12-14 |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/linda-campbell/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220084625/https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/profiles/linda-campbell/ |archive-date=2023-12-20 |url-status=live}}</ref> The three children of the 1st Baron Thomson's third child, Phyllis Audrey Thomson{{snd}}Linda, Susan (died 2017, stake bequeathed to her four children)<ref name=Grange>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Susan Elaine Grange (nee Campbell) |date=2017-10-25 |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/susan-grange-obituary?id=41411506 |access-date=2024-02-19 |via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> and Gaye{{snd}}hold a roughly 11% stake each.<ref name=FamilyShares/> The seven cousins (six, with Susan's death), also hold other investments outside of their direct stakes in The Woodbridge Company.<ref name=RichestWoman/><ref name=FamilyShares/><ref name=Grange/>

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{{Tree chart||||Roy|~|y|~|Edna||Roy=[[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet|Roy Thomson]]<br />
<small>1st Baron Thomson of Fleet<br />1894–1976<br />(Baron: 1964–1976)</small>
|Edna=Edna Annis Irvine <br />
<small>1895–1951</small>}}
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{{Tree chart|||Nora|y|Ken||Irma||Phyllis||Ken=[[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet|Kenneth Thomson]] <br />
<small>2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet<br />1923–2006<br />(Baron: 1976–2006)</small>
|Nora=Nora Marilyn Lavis <br />
<small>1930–2017</small>
|Irma=Irma Jacqueline Thomson <br />
<small>1918–1966<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Sandra |title=A man of small economies and grand generosities |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-man-of-small-economies-and-grand-generosities/article1101012/ |work=The Globe and Mail |date=12 June 2006 |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref> <br /> (m. Glenn W. Brydson)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/irma-jacqueline-thomson-24-1b3100 |website=www.ancestry.ca|title=Irma Jacqueline Thomson}}</ref></small>
|Phyllis=Phyllis Audrey Thomson <br />
<small>1917–2007<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/phyllis-audrey-thomson-24-8rydb2 |website=www.ancestry.ca|title=Phyllis Audrey Thomson}}</ref> <br /> (m. Clarence E. Campbell)<ref>{{cite web|title= CAMPBELL, Phyllis Audrey (nee Thomson) |website=www.legacy.com|url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/phyllis-campbell-obituary?pid=189841949
}}</ref></small>}}
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{{Tree chart|David||Taylor||Peter||||David=[[David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet|David Thomson]] <br />
<small>3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet<br />born 1957<br />(Baron: 2006–present)</small>
|Taylor=Taylor Lynne Thomson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/vgTBf5Y5wpTizcBUov9NHsZZ5TE/appointments |title=Taylor Lynne THOMSON |work=Companies House |access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref> <br />
<small>born 1959</small>
|Peter=[[Peter Thomson (racing driver)|Peter Thomson]] <br />
<small>born 1965</small>}}
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== Notable members ==
Chronological by birth:
* [[David Thomson (settler)|David Thomson]] (1760–1834)
* [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (1894–1976)
* [[Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (1923–2006)
* [[David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet]] (b. 1957)
* [[Peter Thomson (racing driver)|Peter Thomson]] (b. 1965)

== References ==
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