William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes
(1913-2007), Newspaper editor and politicianSitter in 4 portraits
Journalist with the Morning Post and The Daily Telegraph from 1931, war correspondent in Abyssinia, 1935. Editor of The Daily Telegraph (1974-86). Conservative MP for Ashford (1950-74). Reporter of the Year, British Press Awards (1998). Published autobiography Dear Bill: W F Deedes Reports in 1997. Created Life Peer in 1986.
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes
by Nick Sinclair
bromide print, 1992
NPG P563(12)
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 24 April 1963
NPG x167061
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes; Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
by Trevor Leighton
bromide fibre print, 1996
NPG x128754
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes
by Trevor Leighton
bromide print, 2000
NPG x88364
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