William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981.
21 Facts About William Rees-Mogg
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William Rees-Mogg was the father of the politicians Jacob and Annunziata Rees-Mogg.
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William Rees-Mogg was the son of Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg of Cholwell House in the parish of Cameley in Somerset, an Anglican, and his Irish American Catholic wife, Beatrice Warren, a daughter of Daniel Warren of New York.
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William Rees-Mogg was educated at Clifton College Preparatory School in Bristol and Charterhouse in Godalming, where he was Head of School.
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Not yet eighteen, Rees-Mogg went up to Balliol College, Oxford, as a Brackenbury Scholar to read history in January 1946 as a place had fallen temporarily vacant.
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William Rees-Mogg later wrote that he had been forced to give up his place to a disabled ex-serviceman.
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William Rees-Mogg's duties included teaching illiterate recruits to read and write, and his reference from his commanding officer stated that he was competent to perform simple tasks under supervision.
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William Rees-Mogg returned to Oxford to complete his degree, and became President of Oxford University Conservative Association in Michaelmas Term 1950 and President of the Oxford Union in Trinity term, 1951.
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William Rees-Mogg began his career in journalism in London at the Financial Times in 1952 becoming chief leader writer in 1955 and, in addition, assistant editor in 1957.
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William Rees-Mogg moved to The Sunday Times in 1960, later becoming its Deputy Editor from 1964 where he wrote "A Captain's Innings", which many believe convinced Alec Douglas-Home to resign as Tory leader, making way for Edward Heath, in July 1965.
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William Rees-Mogg was editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981.
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William Rees-Mogg wrote a comment column for The Independent from its foundation in the autumn of 1986 until near the end of 1992, when he rejoined The Times, where he remained a columnist until shortly before his death.
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William Rees-Mogg was a member of the BBC's Board of Governors and chairman of the Arts Council, overseeing a major reform of the latter body which halved the number of arts organisations receiving regular funding and reduced the Council's direct activities.
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William Rees-Mogg was a member of the European Reform Forum.
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William Rees-Mogg co-authored, with James Dale Davidson, three books on the general topic of financial investment and the future of capitalism: Blood in the Streets, The Great Reckoning, and The Sovereign Individual.
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William Rees-Mogg wrote that Tony Blair was as unpopular in rural England as Mrs Thatcher had been in Scotland.
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William Rees-Mogg is the daughter of Thomas Richard Morris who was a lorry driver and later a car salesman.
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In 1964, William Rees-Mogg purchased Ston Easton Park near Bath, Somerset, the former home of the Hippisley family.
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The house had been threatened with demolition and William Rees-Mogg partially restored it.
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William Rees-Mogg sold the house to the Smedley family in 1978.
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William Rees-Mogg's funeral was held at Westminster Cathedral on 9 January 2013, with his body being buried in the graveyard of the Church of St James at Cameley in the county of Somerset.