For other people with similar names, see William Deedes.
The Right Honourable
The Lord Deedes
KBE MC PC
Minister without Portfolio
In office 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by
The Lord Mills
Succeeded by
Eric Fletcher
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
In office 18 October 1954 – 20 December 1955
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Preceded by
Ernest Marples
Succeeded by
Enoch Powell
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 23 September 1986 – 17 August 2007 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Ashford
In office 23 February 1950 – 20 September 1974
Preceded by
Edward Percy Smith
Succeeded by
Keith Speed
Personal details
Born
William Francis Deedes
(1913-06-01)1 June 1913 Hampstead, London, England
Died
17 August 2007(2007-08-17) (aged 94) Aldington, Kent, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Evelyn Branfort
(died 2004)
Children
5
Relatives
Wyndham Deedes (uncle)
Drummond Money-Coutts (grandson)
Sophia Money-Coutts (granddaughter)
Education
Harrow School
Military career
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
World War II
Rank
Major
Service number
90126
Awards
Military Cross
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.
William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He...
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regular contact with George Orwell, Anthony Powell, Graham Greene and BillDeedes; and he comments perceptively on Ian Fleming, Guy Burgess and Kim Philby...