Family tree of Thomson family

{{Short description|Canada's wealthiest family as of, and prior to, 2024}}

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.{{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}}{{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}} 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 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 second richest person and richest female, as of 2024.{{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]}}{{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}}{{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}} Her cousins, the 3rd Baron Thomson and his siblings Taylor and Peter, each hold 14% stakes in The Woodbridge Company.{{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}} 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){{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}} and Gaye{{snd}}hold 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.

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1st Baron Thomson of Fleet
1894–1976
(Baron: 1964–1976)

|Edna=Edna Annis Irvine

1895–1951}}

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{{Tree chart|||Nora|y|Ken||Irma||Phyllis||Ken=Kenneth Thomson

2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet
1923–2006
(Baron: 1976–2006)

|Nora=Nora Marilyn Lavis

1930–2017

|Irma=Irma Jacqueline Thomson

1918–1966{{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}}
(m. Glenn W. Brydson){{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/irma-jacqueline-thomson-24-1b3100 |website=www.ancestry.ca|title=Irma Jacqueline Thomson}}

|Phyllis=Phyllis Audrey Thomson

1917–2007{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/phyllis-audrey-thomson-24-8rydb2 |website=www.ancestry.ca|title=Phyllis Audrey Thomson}}
(m. Clarence E. Campbell){{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

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{{Tree chart|David||Taylor||Peter||||David=David Thomson

3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet
b. 1957
(Baron: 2006–present)

|Taylor=Taylor Lynne Thomson{{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}}

b. 1959

|Peter=Peter Thomson

b. 1965}}

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