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William Rees-Mogg

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William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981. In the late 1970s, he served as High Sheriff of Somerset, and in the 1980s was Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and Vice-Chairman of the BBC's Board of Governors. He was the father of the politicians Jacob and Annunziata Rees-Mogg.

Educated at Charterhouse and Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Financial Times in 1952, becoming chief leader writer and assistant editor. He then moved to The Times, eventually becoming its editor and remaining there for fourteen years. An accepted figure of the establishment, he has been vice-chairman of the BBC, chairman of the Arts Council, and head of the Broadcasting Standards Council and sits on the boards of several companies.

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