Bill Deedes Politician

William Francis "Bill" Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC, DL (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician, army officer and journalist; he is to date the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Deedes Bill
Birth dateJune 01, 1913
Birth place
Kent
Date of deathAugust 17, 2007
Place of death
Kent

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Politician

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office
Member of Parliament
Minister without Portfolio
for Ashford
party
Conservative Party (UK)
prime minister
Alec Douglas-Home
successor
Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington
Keith Speed

Bill Deedes on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6952578.stm
  2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/exclusions/deedes/nosplit/deedes.xml
  3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/1560496/Lord-Deedes.html