Charles Vere Wintour was a British newspaper editor.
16 Facts About Charles Wintour
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Charles Wintour was the father of Anna Wintour, the Vogue magazine editor-in-chief, and Patrick Wintour, the diplomatic editor of The Guardian newspaper.
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Charles Wintour was born in Pamphill Manor, near Wimborne, Dorset to Alice Jane Blanche Foster and Major-General Fitzgerald Charles Wintour.
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Charles Wintour wrote articles for the Radio Times when he was at Oundle School and won a prize awarded by the Daily Mail.
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Charles Wintour went up to Peterhouse, Cambridge to read English and history.
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In 1946, Charles Wintour became a leader writer for the London Evening Standard.
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Charles Wintour was promoted to political editor, then moved to the Sunday Express as assistant editor.
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Charles Wintour returned to the Standard as deputy editor, during which he convinced Lord Beaverbrook to launch the Evening Standard Awards for theatre in 1955.
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Charles Wintour became managing editor of the Daily Express in 1958, then in 1959 moved back to the Standard as editor.
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Charles Wintour remained the editor until 1976, when he became managing director of the Daily Express and supervised its transition from a broadsheet to a tabloid.
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Charles Wintour negotiated to merge the London Evening Standard with the Evening News and championed for keeping the staff and approach of the Standard.
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In 1979, Charles Wintour joined the Press Council and served for two years.
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In 1981, Charles Wintour launched the Sunday Express Magazine with his new wife Audrey Slaughter.
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Charles Wintour wrote two books based on his experience: Pressures on the Press in 1972, an account of decision-making during every hour of the day in a newsroom; and The Rise and Fall of Fleet Street in 1989, an analysis of London's Fleet Street as a publishing centre and the people responsible for its historic rise and the more recent responses to new technology.
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Charles Wintour retired in 1989 and spent his later years supporting the Liberal Democrats and chairing the regional National Art Collections Fund.
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Charles Wintour had five children, including the prominent journalists Anna and Patrick.