Bill Deedes

William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC ( born June 1, 1913 in Saltwood Castle, near Hythe, Kent; † August 17, 2007 in Kent ) was a British journalist and politician.

Deedes went to Harrow school and began his career in journalism in 1931 when he found a job with the Morning Post. In 1937 he transferred at the acquisition of the post with his newspaper to the Daily Telegraph. He was a soldier in World War II and retired in 1950 for the Conservatives in the House of Commons one. Under Harold Macmillan, he became in 1962 Minister without special area of ​​responsibility. In 1964 he left the cabinet as Minister of Information, but stayed another ten years as a member of Parliament.

From 1974 to 1986 Deedes served as editor of the Daily Telegraph, then he continued working as a journalist there. In 1986, he was raised as Baron Deedes of Aldington in the County of Kent for Life Peer.

Deedes was married until her death in 2004 with Evelyn Branfort and is survived by two sons and three daughters.

He died on August 17, 2007 after a short illness in Kent.

Publications

  • Deedes, WF, Words and Deedes: Selected Journalism 1931-2006, Macmillan, 2006, ISBN 1-4050-5396-8
  • Deedes, WF, Brief Lives, Macmillan, 2004 ISBN 0-330-42639-7
  • Deedes, WF, Dear Bill: A Memoir, Macmillan, 2005 ISBN 1-4050-5266- X

Evidence

  • Journalist (United Kingdom)
  • Conservative Party Member
  • Life peer
  • Member of the House of Lords
  • Politicians ( 20th century)
  • Politicians ( 21st century)
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • English
  • Briton
  • Born in 1913
  • Died in 2007
  • Man
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