Background
THOMSON, George Morgan Thomson was born on January 16, 1921 in Stirling, Scotland. Son of James Thomson.
THOMSON, George Morgan Thomson was born on January 16, 1921 in Stirling, Scotland. Son of James Thomson.
Grove Academy, Dundee.
Chairman Commonwealth Education Council 1959-1964. Chairman Parliament. Group for World Government 1962-1964. Minister of State, Foreign Office 1964-1966, January-August 1967.
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 1966-1967.
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs 1967-1968. Minister without Portfolio 1968-1969.
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster and Deputy Foreign Secretary (with special responsibility for European Affairs and Common Market negotiations) 1969-1970. Opposition Spokesman on Defence 1970-1972.
Chairman Standing Conference of British Refugee Organizations 1971-1972.
Chairman David Davies Memorial Institute 1971-1977. Chairman Labour Committee Europe 1972-1973, European Movement 1977-1979. Chairman Advertising Standards Authority 1977-1980.
Deputy Chairman Industry Broadcasting Authority 81, Chairman 1981-1988.
Joined Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej September since 1989. Viee-President Royal Television Society since 1982.
Chairman Franco-British Council 1979-1981, Anglo-Romanian Round Table 1979-1981. Chancellor, Heriot-Watt University since 1977.
President History of Advertising Trust since 1985.
Director Imperial Chemical Industries 1977-1989, Royal Bank of Scotland 90, Woolwich Equitable Building Society (Senior Vice-Chairman 1988-1990). President History of Advertising Trust since 1985, Prix Italia since 1989. Director ENO since 1987.
Chairman Suzy Lamplugh Trust since 1990.
Trustee Thomson Foundation. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Dundee) 1967, Doctor of Letters (Heriot-Watt) 1973, (New University of Ulster) 1984.
Honorary Doctor of Science (Aston) 1976, (Loughborough) 1980. Honorary Doctorate.C.L. (Kent) 1989.
Commission, of European Communities, with special responsibility for Regional Policy 76.
Married Grace Jenkins in 1948.