Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet

Canadian newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1894

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1976

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Canada, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, GBE (5 June 1894 – 4 August 1976) was a Canadian newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street.He first came to prominence when he was selling radios in Ontario, and to give his customers more programmes to listen to, decided to launch his own radio station.
He then moved into newspapers, becoming as wealthy and important in Canada as the press barons in the United Kingdom.
He aspired to such a peerage but was denied it unless he moved residence to the UK.
He invited British newspaper owners to sell to him, the first doing so being The Scotsman and he soon formed a commercial television company which gained the first ITV franchise in Scotland.
From the substantial profits of commercial television he bought many titles such as The Times and Kemsley`s Newspapers which published The Sunday Times.