This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lord Thomson of Fleet Dies at 82 in London Hospital
Canadian born magnate Roy Thomson, 82, founder of the Thomson newspaper empire, died in a London hospital after a chest infection and stroke. His holdings spanned about 180 newspapers, 105 magazines, radio and TV across multiple continents. He led The Times and Sunday Times in Britain and faced scrutiny over The Times purchase. Survived by son Kenneth and daughter Phyllis, he previously owned several U.S. and Canadian papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Thomson of
Fleet
Thomson
Britain
Ireland
United States
Canada
Africa
Asia
West Indies
the Times
The
Sunday Times
Scotsman
Edinburgh
Fleet Street
Associated Press
Herbert Thomson
Alice Maud Coombs
Roy Herbert Thomson
Roy Thomson
Pravda
Gory
Ioscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
Times of London
British Monopolies Commission
House of Lords
Lord Arran
Times
Royal Navy
Aristotle Onassis
T Am
Edna Alice Irvine
Drayton
Ontario
Kenneth Roy Thomson
Phyllis Audrey Campbell
New England
Ansonia, Conn
Evening Sentinel
Taunton, Mass
Daily Gazette
Fitchburg, Mass
Daily Sentinel
Leominster Enterprise
Portsmouth, N.H
Herald