Dick Dinsdale
Richard Lewis Dinsdale (23 June 1907 – 2 December 1995) was a British newspaper editor.
Dinsdale grew up in Kingston upon Hull, and attended Hull Technical College, before joining the Hull Daily Mail as a reporter, in 1926. He then moved into sub-editing, working at the Newcastle Evening World, Manchester Evening News, Daily Express, Evening News and the Daily Mirror, then for the War Service during World War II. He returned to the Mirror after the war, rising to become Deputy Editor in 1955. In 1961, he was moved to the Daily Herald, serving as its final Deputy Editor, and as the first Deputy Editor of The Sun. In 1965, he was promoted to become Editor of the newspaper, remaining in post until 1969. He then served as Chairman of West of England Newspapers, retiring in 1972.[1]
References
- ^ "DINSDALE, Richard Lewis", Who's Who
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Preceded by ? | Deputy Editor of the Daily Mirror 1955–1961 | Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Geoffrey Pinnington | Deputy Editor of the Daily Herald 1961–1964 | Succeeded by Position abolished |
Preceded by New position | Deputy Editor of The Sun 1964–1965 | Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by Sydney Jacobson | Editor of The Sun 1965–1969 | Succeeded by Larry Lamb |
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- 1912: Roland Kenney
- 1913: Charles Lapworth
- 1913: George Lansbury
- 1922: W. P. Ryan
- 1922: Hamilton Fyfe
- 1926: William Mellor
- 1931: W. H. Stevenson
- 1936: Francis Williams
- 1940: Percy Cudlipp
- 1953: Sydney Elliott
- 1957: Douglas Machray
- 1960: John Beaven
- 1962: Sydney Jacobson
- 1964: Sydney Jacobson
- 1965: Dick Dinsdale
- 1969: Larry Lamb
- 1972: Bernard Shrimsley
- 1975: Larry Lamb
- 1981: Kelvin MacKenzie
- 1994: Stuart Higgins
- 1998: David Yelland
- 2003: Rebekah Wade
- 2009: Dominic Mohan
- 2013: David Dinsmore
- 2015: Tony Gallagher
- 2020: Victoria Newton
- 1843: John Browne Bell
- 1855: John William Bell
- 1877: Walter John Bell and Adolphus William Bell
- 1891: Emsley Carr
- 1941: David Percy Davies
- 1946: Robert Skelton
- 1947: Arthur Waters
- 1953: Reg Cudlipp
- 1960: Stafford Somerfield
- 1970: Cyril Lear
- 1974: Peter Stephens
- 1975: Bernard Shrimsley
- 1980: Kenneth Donlan
- 1981: Barry Askew
- 1981: Derek Jameson
- 1984: Nicholas Lloyd
- 1985: David Montgomery
- 1987: Wendy Henry
- 1988: Patsy Chapman
- 1993: Stuart Higgins
- 1994: Piers Morgan
- 1995: Phil Hall
- 2000: Rebekah Wade
- 2003: Andy Coulson
- 2007: Colin Myler
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