What is Gordon Brunton?
[[File:Gordon Brunton.jpg|thumb|Gordon Brunton, 1970]] '''Sir Gordon Charles Brunton''' (27 December 1921 &ndash; 30 May 2017) was a British businessman, publisher, racehorse owner and breeder. He was born in [[London]]. ==Business career== Brunton served as Chief Executive of Thomson Newspapers & International Thomson Organisation Ltd (ITOL) [[Thomson Corporation]] from 1966-1984 during the Thomson period of global expansion. He retired from Thomson in 1985. Afterwards, he became chairman at [[Mercury Communications]], [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable and Wireless]] Communications PLC, [[Racing Post]], Bemrose PLC, NXT PLC, Galahad Gold and others. ==Death== Brunton died on 30 May 2017 in London at the age of 95.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/214404/brunton |title=BRUNTON |access-date=2017-06-05 |archive-date=2020-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929014025/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/214404/brunton |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==More readings== * Sir Gordon Brunton, A Private Autobiography, Published London 2014. * LSE Honorary Fellows [[London School of Economics]] http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/governanceAndCommittees/honoraryFellows.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516160401/http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/governanceAndCommittees/honoraryFellows.aspx |date=2017-05-16 }} *Susan Goldenberg, ''The Thomson Empire: A Multi Billion Dollar Canadian Dynasty'' (Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1984) *[[Lord Thomson of Fleet]]'' Roy Thomson, After I Was Sixty: Autobiography'' (Collins, London 1964) *John Grigg, ''The History of the Times Volume V1 The Thomson Years 1966-1981'' (Times Books, London 1993) *[[William Shawcross]] ''Murdoch: The Making of a Media Empire'' (Simon & Schuster, USA 1992) *Oliver Woods & James Bishop, ''The Story of The Times'' (Michael Joseph, London 1983) *[[Denis Hamilton]] ''Editor-in-Chief, Fleet Street Memoirs'' (Hamish Hamilton, London 1989) *[[Robert Lacey]] ''Sotherby’s: Bidding For Cl