15 Facts About Colin Coote

Sir Colin Reith Coote, DSO was a British journalist and Liberal politician.

Colin Coote was the son of Howard Browning Coote of Stukeley Hall, later Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, and Jean Coote of Aberdeen.

Colin Coote was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1914.

Colin Coote served in France and Italy, and was forced to return to the United Kingdom, having been wounded and gassed.

Colin Coote was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918.

Colin Coote was returned unopposed to the House of Commons on 14 December 1917.

Colin Coote was elected as MP for the Isle of Ely, again unopposed.

Colin Coote, running as a National Liberal, was defeated by Colonel Norman Coates.

Whilst a Member of Parliament, Colin Coote had gained a reputation as a freelance writer.

Colin Coote finally left The Times in 1942 on the resignation of Geoffrey Dawson as editor, and took up a post with The Daily Telegraph.

Colin Coote became deputy editor of the Telegraph in 1945, and succeeded Arthur Watson as editor in 1950.

Colin Coote held the post until 1964, with his Liberal tendencies balancing the otherwise Conservative views of the paper.

In 1961, Colin Coote introduced osteopath Stephen Ward to Soviet diplomat Eugene Ivanov, a meeting that would lead to the Profumo affair.

Colin Coote died at his London home on 8 June 1979, aged 85.

Colin Coote died in 1945, and he married Amalie Lewkowitz in the following year.