Lord Bill Deedes former editor of The Daily Telegraph newspaper pictured at Hay Festival 2003 Hay on Wye Powys Wales UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC, DL (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British journalist and politician. He is the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the British cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper. Brought up in the family home of Saltwood Castle and educated at Harrow, he was denied a university career after his father suffered heavy financial losses from the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Deedes began his career as a reporter on the Morning Post in 1931, joining the Daily Telegraph when it took over the Post in 1937. Deedes fought in the Second World War as an officer in the 2nd Battalion of The Queen's Westminsters, one of the territorial units of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, gaining the Military Cross near Hengelo, Holland in April 1945. He was also the only officer to serve in the King's Royal Rifle Corps for the whole duration of the war. He was married to Evelyn Branfort (who died in May 2004), by whom he had two sons (one of whom died young) and three daughters; Deedes' son, Jeremy Deedes, is a director of the Telegraph Group of companies.
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Location: The Guardian Hay Festival 2003, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, Cymru, UK
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