Mark Barrington-Ward

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Mark Barrington-Ward
Residence Oxford, England
Nationality British
Alma mater Balliol College, Oxford[1]
Occupation journalist
Known for newspaper editor
Spouse(s) Catherine Barrington-Ward
(died 2012)
Relatives Robert McGowan Barrington-Ward (father),
Simon Barrington-Ward (brother)

Mark Barrington-Ward is a retired newspaper editor.

Life

Barrington-Ward is the son of Robert McGowan Barrington-Ward (1891–1948), who served with distinction in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and was editor of The Times 1941–48.[2]

Like his father, Barrington-Ward studied at Balliol College, Oxford (reading modern history 1948–51), served in the DCLI and became a newspaper editor.[1]

Newspaper career

Barrington-Ward began in journalism as a trainee on the Manchester Guardian in 1951.[1] In 1955 he became the founding editor of the Uganda Argus.[1] In 1960 he joined the Westminster Press in England.[1] With the Westminster Press he was editor of the Northern Echo 1960–61, editor of the Oxford Mail 1961–79[3] and London Editor from 1979 until his retirement in 1992.[1]

Oxford

Barrington-Ward continued to live in Oxford after editing the Oxford Mail.[1] In 2004–10 he was President of Oxford Civic Society.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Barrington-Ward 2010, p. rear cover.
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Sources

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