John Cowburn Beavan, Baron Ardwick (9 April 1910 – 18 August 1994) was a British journalist.
Early life and education
Beavan was a son of Silas Morgan Beavan (of Welsh origin and a grocer, according to censuses) and Emily Esther (née Hussey); and was educated at
Manchester Grammar School.
Career
Beavan was reporter of the ''
Manchester Evening News'', becoming its editor in 1943. Between 1946 and 1955, he was London editor of ''
The Guardian''.
[Terence Lancaste]
Obituary: Lord Ardwick
''The Independent'', 19 August 1994 For two years, 1960 to 1962, he was editor of the ''
Daily Herald
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'', then becoming political advisor to the
Mirror Group, a post he retained until 1976. He was a
Labour
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Member of the European Parliament from 1975 to 1979.
On 16 January 1970, he was created a
life peer
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as Baron Ardwick, of
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in the
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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Personal life
He married Gladys Jones in 1934 by whom he had two children. By
Anne Symonds, a BBC World Service journalist, he was also the father of
Matthew Symonds
Matthew John Symonds (born 20 December 1953) is a British journalist and, since 2018, the executive director of the Larry Ellison Foundation. He was a co-founder of ''The Independent'' in 1986.
Born in 1953, Symonds is the son of John Beavan, . Symonds' daughter
Carrie
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is the spouse of the former
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, a
Conservative.
[ITV Report]
Carrie Symonds: Who is Boris Johnson's partner?
at itv.com dated 22 June 2019, accessed 24 June 2019
Arms
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1910 births
1994 deaths
People educated at Manchester Grammar School
The Guardian journalists
Ardwick
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Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from ...
Labour Party (UK) MEPs
MEPs for the United Kingdom 1973–1979
Life peers created by Elizabeth II
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