Newspaper Editors
The following tables list the past editors of some of Britain's best known national newspapers.
I have had trouble finding information about some past editors so if anybody can help fill in some of the gaps it would be appreciated! Let me know here.
The Times - founded 1785
Editors of The Times
Editorship
Robert Thomson 2002-present Peter Stothard 1992-2002 Simon Jenkins 1990-1992 Charles Wilson 1985-1990 Charles Douglas-Home 1982-1985 Harold Evans 1981-1982 William Rees-Mogg 1967-1981 William Haley 1952-1966 William Casey 1948-1952 Robert McGowan Barrington-Ward 1941-1948 Geoffrey Dawson 1923-1941 Henry Wickham Steed 1919-1922 Geoffrey Dawson 1912-1919 George Earle Buckle 1884-1912 Thomas Chenery 1877-1884 John Delane 1841-1877 Thomas Barnes 1817-1841 John Stoddart 1809-1817 John Walter 1803-1809 John Walter 1785-1803
The Guardian - date founded - 1821
Editors of The Guardian
Editorship
Alan Rusbridger 1995-present Peter Preston 1975-1995 Alastair Hetherington 1956-1975 Alfred Powell Wadsworth 1944-1956 William Percival Crozier 1932-1944 Ted Scott 1929-1932 Charles Prestwich Scott 1872-1929
The Daily Telegraph - founded 1855
Editors of The Daily Telegraph
Period of
Martin Newland 2003-present Charles Moore 1995-2003 Sir Max Hastings 1986-1995 Lord William. F. Deedes 1974-1986
The Financial Times - first published 1888
Editors of The Financial Times
Editorship
Lionel Barber nov 2005-present Andrew Gowers 2001-2005 Richard Lambert 1991-2001 Geoffrey Owen 1980-1991 Fredy Fisher 1972-1980 Gordon Newton 1949-1972 Hargreaves Parkinson 1945-1949 A.G. Cole 1940 - 1945 D.S. T. Hunter 1937 - 1940 C.H. Palmer 1909 - 1924 A.E. Murray c.1896 - 1909 Sydney Murray 1892 - 1895 W.R. Lawson 1890 - 1892 Douglas MacRae 1889 - 1890 Leopold Graham 1888 - 1889
The Independent - first published 1986
Editors of The Independent
Editorship
Simon Kelner may 1998-present Andrew Marr & Rosie Boycott mar 1998 - may 1998 Rosie Boycott jan 1998 - mar 1998 Andrew Marr 1996 - jan 1998 Charles Wilson 1995-1996 Ian Hargreaves 1994-1995 Andreas Whittam-Smith 1986-1994
The Sun - founded 1964
Editors of The Sun
Editorship
Rebekah Wade 2003-present David Yelland 1998-2003 Stuart Higgins 1994-1998 Kelvin MacKenzie 1981-1994 Larry Lamb 1968-1981 Dick Dinsdale 1965-1968 Sidney Jacobsen 1964-1965
Daily Mirror - first published 1903
Editors of The Daily Mirror
Dates of
Richard Wallace 2004-present Piers Morgan 1995-2004 Colin Myler 1994-1995 Richard Stott 1990-1994 Roy Greenslade ?-1990
Daily Mail - founded 1896
Editors of Daily Mail
Editorship
Paul Dacre 1992-present David English 1971-1992 ? ?-1971 Frank Owen 1947-1950
Daily Express - first published 1900
Editors of Daily Express
Editorship
Peter Hill 2003-present Chris Williams 2001-2003 Rosie Boycott 1998-2001 Richard Addis 1995-1998
