Denis Hamilton
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| Born | Charles Denis Hamilton 6 December 1918 South Shields, County Durham |
| Died | 17 April 1988 London |
| Nationality | English |
| Children | Nigel Hamilton |
UK Soldier, Editor of The Sunday Times 1961-197 | |
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Denis Hamilton was an English newspaper editor who attended the 1969 Bilderberg conference
Background
He was born in South Shields, County Durham, England, the son of an engineer from the Acklam iron and steel works who had retired early for health reasons. He was educated at the Middlesbrough High School for boys.[1] He joined the Boy Scouts and attained the rank of Queen's Scout.[2]
Career
His first job in the newspaper industry began in 1936 as reporter for the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette.[3]
During World War II he served in the British Army and was an officer under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.[4]
Hamilton left the armed forces in 1946. Upon returning to Britain, he became personal assistant to Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, owner of the Kemsley Newspapers group.[5] Hamilton became the group's editorial director in 1950. In 1959, Berry sold the group (which owned The Sunday Times newspaper among others) to Roy Thomson, and Hamilton became editor of The Sunday Times. He introduced the first colour supplement of a British newspaper in 1962.
He became editor-in-chief and chairman of Times Newspapers Ltd., a group that included The Times, in 1967. During this period, Hamilton struggled with production unions over staff cutbacks and the introduction of computer technology. He was knighted in 1976. From 1978 to 1983, he was president of the International Press Institute. In 1979 he became chairman of Reuters until his retirement in 1985.[3]
Family
Hamilton died in London and was survived by his wife, writer Olive Hamilton,[6] and his four sons.[3] One of his sons, Nigel Hamilton, is a Cambridge University educated historian and author.[7]
References
- ↑ Serving History .com
- ↑ Evans, Harold (2009). My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times. Hachette Digital, Inc. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-316-03142-4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0715F93D5B0C7B8CDDAD0894D0484D81
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=01VOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7218,2750313
- ↑ Hamilton, Denis (1989). Editor-in-Chief: the Fleet Street memoirs of Sir Dennis Hamilton. London: H. Hamilton. ISBN 978-0-241-12591-5.
- ↑ https://www.thetimes.com/article/olive-hamilton-85h776797bd
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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