Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (June 5, 1894 – August 4, 1976), was a newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...

He was born in Toronto, the son of Herbert Thomson, an Ontario barber. It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: non-notable (being a relative of a notable person doesnt in itself confer notability If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ...

Herbert Thomson was a telegraphist turned barber at the Grosvenor Hotel in Toronto and married English born Alice Coombs. Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: English, english The language of English started in Europe and came to the US with the British immigrants. ...

Herbert Thomson was born in Toronto to Hugh Thomson and Mary Nichol Sylvester. His father was one of ten children of George Thomson (Canadian), son of Archibald Thomson, brother of David Thomson (settler), first settler of Scarborough, Ontario. Motto: Location City Information Established: 1 January 1850 (township), 1 January 1967 (borough), June 1983 (city), 1 January 1998 (amalgamated) Area: 187. ...

Herbert Thomson left Canada following the disappearance of George Thomson to New York City and returned later to settle in Toronto permanently. George Thomson (1757–1821), born at Limekilns, Fife, Scotland, was a noted collector of the Music of Scotland and a friend of Robert Burns. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham [2], Metropolis Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ...

During World War I, he went to a Business College, because his eyesight was bad enough for the army to reject him. He went to Manitoba after the war to become a farmer, but was unsuccessful. He travelled to Toronto again, where he held several jobs at different times; one of which was selling radios. However, he found selling radios difficult because the only district left for him to work in was northern Ontario. In order to give his potential customers something to listen to he sought out to establish a radio station. By quite a stroke of luck, he was able to procure a radio frequency and transmitter for $201. CFCH officially went on the air in North Bay, Ontario on March 3, 1931. He sold radios for quite some time after that, but his focus gradually shifted to his radio station, rather than the actual radios. Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English (French is an official language of the Manitoban legislature and courts) Flower Pasqueflower Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ... CKAT is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 600 AM in North Bay, Ontario. ... North Bay (, time zone EST) is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada (2001 population 52,771). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

In 1934, Roy Thomson acquired his first newspaper. With a down payment of $200 he purchased the Timmins Press, in Timmins, Ontario. He would begin an expansion of both radio stations and newspapers in various Ontario locations in partnership with fellow Canadian, Jack Kent Cooke. In addition to his media acquisitions, by 1949 Roy Thomson was the owner of a diverse group of companies, including several ladies' hair-styling businesses, a fitted kitchen manufacturer, and an ice-cream cone manufacturing operation. By the early 1950s, he owned 19 newspapers and was president of the Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association, and then began his first foray into the British newspaper business by starting up the Canadian Weekly Review to cater to expatriate Canadians living in Britain. Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ... Jack Kent Cooke (25 October 1912 – 6 April 1997) was a Canadian entrepreneur who became one of the most widely-known executives in North American professional sports. ...

Thomson’s ancestors were small tenant farmers on the estates of the Dukes of Buccleuch at Bo'ness, in the parish of Westernkirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Thomson's ancestor, Archibald Thomson (born May 1749), migrated to British North America in 1773, marrying Elizabeth McKay, of Quebec. The family eventually settled in Upper Canada, but retained a sentimental attachment to their country of origin. As a result, Thomson himself made the decision to move to Edinburgh where in 1952 he purchased The Scotsman newspaper. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dumfriesshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) was a county of Scotland. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Dùn Èideann () in Scottish Gaelic) is the second-largest city in Scotland and the countrys capital city. ... The Scotsmans offices in Edinburgh The Scotsman is a Scottish newspaper published in Edinburgh. ...

In 1957, he launched a successful bid for the commercial television franchise for Central Scotland, named Scottish Television. In 1959 he purchased the Kemsley group of newspapers, the largest in Britain, which included The Sunday Times. Over the years, he would expand his media empire to include more than 200 newspapers in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. His Thomson Organization became a multi-national corporation, with interests in publishing, printing, television, and travel. In 1966, Thomson bought The Times newspaper from members of the Astor family. Scottish Television is Scotlands largest independent television franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. ... The Sunday Times is the name of several Sunday newspapers. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since 1788. ... The Astor family, founded by the German immigrant John Jacob Astor and his wife Sarah Todd, became the wealthiest family in the United States during the 19th century. ...

In 1964 he was made Baron Thomson of Fleet. In order to receive this title, it was necessary for Thomson to acquire British citizenship, as the Canadian government had made it common practice since the Nickle Resolution of 1919 to ask the Sovereign to refrain from conferring any titular honours from the Canadian Monarch on their Canadian subjects. Between 1947 and 1977, however, the Canadian Citizenship Act stated that any Canadian who became a citizen of another country through means other than marriage would cease to be a Canadian citizen. Thus, Thomson made the decision to acquire British citizenship so that he could become a British lord, fully cognisant of the fact that he would lose his Canadian citizenship in the process. Baron Thomson of Fleet is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... The Nickle Resolution, adopted by the Canadian House of Commons on 22 May 1919, marked the earliest attempt to establish a Canadian government policy forbidding the British, and, later, Canadian, Sovereign from granting knighthoods, baronetcies, and peerages to Canadians, and set the precedent for later policies prohibiting Canadians from accepting... Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch, since February 6, 1952. ...

In the 1970s, Thomson joined with J. Paul Getty in a consortium that successfully explored for oil in the North Sea. As I See It, J. Paul Getty Autobiography Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...

A modest man, who had little time for pretentious displays of wealth, in Britain he got by virtually unnoticed, riding the London Underground to his office each day. Nonetheless, he made his son Ken promise to use the hereditary title that he had obtained in 1964, if only in the London offices of the firm. The nickname the Tube comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile trains travel. ...

Thomson died in London in 1976. On his death, his son Kenneth Thomson became chair of Thomson Corporation and inherited the baronial title becoming the 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet. With the Thomson operations now principally again in Canada, the younger Thomson did not use his title in Canada though he did so in Britain, and used two sets of stationery reflecting this dichotomy. In any case, as the peerage title he had was inherited, it did not debar him from retaining his Canadian citizenship, and he never bothered to take up his right to a seat in the pre-1999 House of Lords. For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... Kenneth Roy Thomson, born September 1, 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and a businessman and art collector. ... Baron Thomson of Fleet is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ...

Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto's premier concert venue, was built with funds donated in large measure by the Thomson family and is named in his honour. Roy Thomson Hall Roy Thomson Hall is a concert hall in Toronto, Canada. ...

References

• The men who made The Scotsman: Part two
• Lord Thomson of Fleet