Peregrine Worsthorne
Sir Peregrine Worsthorne | |
|---|---|
 Appearing on tv programme After Dark in 1989 | |
| Born | 22 December 1923 |
| Died | 3 October 2020 (aged 96) Buckinghamshire, England |
| Education | Stowe School Peterhouse, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, broadcaster |
| Spouse(s) | Claudie Baynham (1950-1990) Lucinda Lambton (1991 to date) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1943–1945 |
| Rank | Second lieutenant |
| Service number | 278628 |
| Unit | Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry GHQ Liaison Regiment |
Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (22 December 1923 – 3 October 2020) was a British journalist, writer and broadcaster. Worsthorne spent the largest part of his career at the Telegraph newspaper titles, eventually becoming editor of The Sunday Telegraph for several years. He left the newspaper in 1997.[1]
Worsthorne died on 3 October 2020 at his home in Buckinghamshire, aged 96.[2]
Writings[change | change source]
- Mary Wilson (et al.) (1977) The Queen, Penguin [contributor]
- Peregrine Worsthorne (1958) Dare democracy disengage?, Conservative Political Centre [pamphlet]
- Peregrine Worsthorne (1971) The Socialist Myth, Cassell
- Peregrine Worsthorne (1973) Edwina Sandys, Crane Kalman Gallery [exhibition catalogue introduction]
- Peregrine Worsthorne (1980) Peregrinations: Selected pieces by Peregrine Worsthorne, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Peregrine Worsthorne (1987) By the Right, Brophy Educational [selections from his Sunday Telegraph columns]
- Peregrine Worsthorne (1988) The politics of manners and the uses of inequality: Autumn address, Centre for Policy Studies [pamphlet]
- Peregrine Worsthorne (2004) In Defence of Aristocracy Harper Collins [published in paperback as Democracy Needs Aristocracy Perennial 2005]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Bruce Anderson "Peregrine Worsthorne at 90: still colourful and indiscreet", Telegraph.co.uk, 22 December 2013
- ↑ Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, 'fearless' former editor of The Sunday Telegraph dies aged of 96
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