Ernest Burrington (13 December 1926 – 23 March 2018) was a British newspaper editor, who resided at

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in Kent. Burrington began his journalistic career in 1941, at the ''

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''. He served in the Army from 1944 to 1947, before returning to the ''Oldham Chronicle'', then moving into sub-editing, this taking him to the ''

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'' and then the ''

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''. He remained with the paper as it became '' The Sun'', but moved to the ''

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'' as assistant editor in 1970, then to the ''

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'' as deputy editor in 1971, associate editor the following year, and finally editor from 1985 to 1988, and again for a year from 1989. He subsequently held numerous posts within the ''Mirror'' group, then later worked for Atlantic Media.BURRINGTON, Ernest
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References

''The Telegraph'',"Ernest Burrington,Fleet Street editor and Mirror Group chairman" (registration required)
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