Angus McGill was born in South Shields on industrial Tyneside and was aged two when his father Kenneth, who was a tailor, died suddenly.
10 Facts About Angus McGill
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Angus McGill had to admit he wasn't, but was given another 3s.
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Angus McGill was called up for national service in the army immediately after World War II and saw the world, reaching the rank of sergeant in the intelligence corps.
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Angus McGill advised me on the books I should read and the plays and films I should see.
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Angus McGill was expected to bring despatches from head office at the Daily Express in London and to provide the cabaret for house guests who might include Somerset Maugham, Aristotle Onassis, Maria Callas or Jack Kennedy.
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At dinner in Cap d'Ail on his first visit Angus McGill found himself sitting next to Nancy Cunard.
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Angus McGill was encouraged by his editor, Marius Pope, to dress up for stunts, to be photographed as, for example, a saucy niece or maiden aunt seeking advice on the sights of London.
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Angus McGill was partnered for 57 years by Robert Jennings, a RADA-trained actor who played with the Royal Shakespeare Company and survives him.
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Angus McGill became a founder member of the Social Democratic Party in 1981.
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The 30th anniversary of the Great Storm of 1987 was marked with the installation of a memorial plaque for Angus McGill who led a Standard campaign to help replant the capital's 250,000 trees destroyed by the hurricane-force winds.