George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth

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The Right Honourable The Lord Thomson of Monifieth KT PC DL FRSE
George Thomson in 1973
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
In office 6 January 1973 – 5 January 1977
President	François-Xavier Ortoli
Preceded by	Albert Borschette
Succeeded by	Antonio Giolitti
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office 8 July 1970 – 10 April 1972
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Geoffrey Rippon
Succeeded by	Fred Peart
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 6 October 1969 – 20 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Frederick Lee
Succeeded by	Anthony Barber
In office 6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Douglas Houghton
Succeeded by	Frederick Lee
Minister without Portfolio
In office 17 October 1968 – 6 October 1969
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Patrick Gordon-Walker
Succeeded by	The Lord Drumalbyn
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs
In office 29 August 1967 – 17 October 1968
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Herbert Bowden
Succeeded by	Michael Stewart (foreign and Commonwealth affairs)
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 23 March 1977 – 3 October 2008 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Dundee East
In office 17 July 1952 – 1 March 1973
Preceded by	Thomas Cook
Succeeded by	George Machin
Personal details
Born	(1921-01-16)16 January 1921 Penn, Buckinghamshire, England
Died	3 October 2008(2008-10-03) (aged 87) London, England
Political party	Labour (before 1981) SDP (1981–1988) Liberal Democrats (from 1988)
Spouse	Grace Jenkins ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	2, including Caroline

George Morgan Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth, KT, PC, DL, FRSE (16 January 1921 – 3 October 2008) was a British politician and journalist who served as a Labour MP. He was a member of Harold Wilson's cabinet, and later became a European Commissioner.

In the 1980s, he joined the Social Democratic Party. Following the SDP's merger with the Liberal Party, he became a Liberal Democrat and sat as a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.