Person    | Male  Born 14/7/1928  Died 29/12/2012

William Rees-Mogg

Editor of The Times 1967-81. Also High Sheriff of Somerset in the late 1970s. Chairman of the Arts Council in the 1980s. Vice-Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors. In 1988 he became Baron Rees-Mogg of Hinton Blewettin in the County of Avon.

1962 married Gillian Shakespeare Morris, daughter of Thomas Morris, and went on to have 5 children, including the politicians: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Annunciata Rees-Mogg.

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William Rees-Mogg

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Trollope family

Unveiled by William Rees-Mogg in June 2000. Frances's date of birth, 1779 (ac...

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Chartered Institute of Journalists

Chartered Institute of Journalists

Created at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham as the National Association of Journalists.  Described on the Stead memorials as "journalists of many lands".

Group, Benefactor, Journalism / Publishing

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Charles Hoy Fort

Charles Hoy Fort

Writer, thinker, humourist and investigator. Promoted scientific investigation of the paranormal. Born New York state, came to Europe aged 22. Returned to New York and married Anna in 1896. He bega...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Paranormal, USA

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Mark Lemon

Mark Lemon

Co-founder and first editor of "Punch". Born Oxford Street. Aged 8, when his father died he was sent to live with his paternal grandparents at Church Farm House. Also founded "The Field" and was in...

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Richard Hughes (journalist)

Richard Hughes (journalist)

Richard Joseph Hughes CBE was an Australian journalist who spent much of his life in the Far East as correspondent for The Times and other publications. Generally considered to be a British spy and...

Person, Espionage, Journalism / Publishing, Australia, China/Hong Kong

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Dilys Powell

Dilys Powell

Journalist. Born Elizabeth Dilys Powell at Lloyd's Bank, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Although she claimed to have little knowledge of cinema, she was the well-respected film critic for the Sunday Times...

Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature

1 memorial