Robert Lumley Skelton (4 October 1896 – 11 August 1963) was a British newspaper editor. Skelton grew up in

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and attended Rutherford College. During

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, he served in the

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from 1914, but was seconded to the

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as a pilot in 1918. After the war, he took up journalism, and became editor of the '' Natal Witness'' in 1928. Returning to the UK in 1933, he was appointed Managing Editor of the ''

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'', serving until 1948, when he became editor of the ''

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''. In later years, he served as chairman and managing director of Curzon-Grantham Advertising.SKELTON, Robert Lumley
, ''

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