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William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes

(1913-2007), Newspaper editor and politician

Sitter 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.

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William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, by Nick Sinclair - NPG P563(12)

William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes

by Nick Sinclair
bromide print, 1992
NPG P563(12)

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