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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"electric soup". "Bill", whilst never identified as such in the series, was often taken as being Denis Thatcher's close friend Bill Deedes; Deedes later titled...
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Look up deedes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Deedes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bill Deedes, KBE, MC, PC, DL (1913–2007)...
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retired international Private Banker. He married Lucy Rose Deedes, the daughter of Bill Deedes, whom he has since divorced. They have three children: the...
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William Deedes may refer to: William Deedes (Hythe MP) (1761–1834), MP for Hythe William Deedes (East Kent MP, born 1796) (1796–1862), English cricketer...
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on Deedes, a junior reporter who arrived in Addis Ababa aged 22, with "a quarter of a ton of baggage". In his memoir At War with Waugh, Deedes wrote...
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1930s. In the late 19th century, the castle was bought by an ancestor of Bill Deedes, the journalist and politician, who grew up there. In the 20th century...
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October 1974 defeating Christopher Horne. He was selected to succeed Bill Deedes as Conservative Candidate for the seat of Ashford in Kent in the October...
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Look up deed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A deed is a legal document that is signed and delivered, especially concerning the ownership of property...
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1933 by-election Patrick Spens 1943 by-election Edward Percy Smith 1950 Bill Deedes October 1974 Keith Speed 1997 Damian Green 2024 Sojan Joseph Labour...
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Hylton-Foster, Iain Macleod, Gerald Nabarro, Reginald Maudling, Robert Carr, Bill Deedes, Enoch Powell, David Ormsby-Gore, Christopher Soames, Anthony Crosland...
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by Denis Thatcher, husband of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to Bill Deedes. Wells developed the feature into a stage farce, Anyone for Denis?, first...
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soldiers in the Westminsters during World War II include the journalist Bill Deedes, who served in the North West Europe Campaign and was awarded the Military...
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Kenmure Knapp and a cousin of the journalist and Conservative politician Bill Deedes. The Grylls family owned and lived at Winterborne Zelston House, near...
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active campaign for legislative change. The former cabinet minister Bill Deedes, later editor of The Daily Telegraph, supported the group in that period...
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Henry Rees Davies (in 1935). Arthur Deakin, trade unionist (in 1947) Bill Deedes, journalist and Conservative politician, declined a Kt in 1973. He accepted...
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Media offices Preceded by Bill Deedes Editor of The Daily Telegraph 1986–1995 Succeeded by Charles Moore Preceded by Stewart Steven Editor of the Evening...
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Charles Moore, in his authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher, said that Bill Deedes believed that Thatcher "seem[ed] convinced" Heath was gay, whilst Moore...
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Lord Carrington, David Ormsby-Gore, John Profumo, Christopher Soames, Bill Deedes, Airey Neave and the Marquess of Salisbury. Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister...
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of the Conservative politician, soldier and journalist Bill Deedes, later created Baron Deedes, and younger brother of Julian Brook Plumptre, 22nd Lord...
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national newspapers for acting as a witness against Wiltshire Police; Bill Deedes' editorial in The Daily Telegraph claimed he was a class traitor. Consequently...
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Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home Preceded by The Viscount Hailsham Bill Deedes Succeeded by The Earl of Longford George Thomson First Lord of the Admiralty...
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the paper was not a success, Sleigh was unable to pay Levy the printing bill. Levy took over the newspaper, his aim being to produce a cheaper newspaper...
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recruiting fellow journalists, including future Daily Telegraph editor Bill Deedes, and friends who were musicians and actors. He reached the rank of major...
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of the popular Australian media by British politician and journalist Bill Deedes who said in The Daily Telegraph in 1999: "I have rarely attended elections...
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Bill Zebub is the manager of Bill Zebub Productions. His production company publishes a quarterly magazine titled The Grimoire of Exalted Deeds, mainly...
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regular contact with George Orwell, Anthony Powell, Graham Greene and Bill Deedes; and he comments perceptively on Ian Fleming, Guy Burgess and Kim Philby...
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p. 5. "Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill Relating to the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia | Harry S. Truman". www...
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comparison, if for other, less laudatory reasons. Kapuściński confirmed to Bill Deedes the fact that Conrad was one of his literary inspirations. Neal Ascherson...
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Leader of the House of Lords 9 October 1961 – 13 July 1962 Conservative Bill Deedes 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Alec Douglas-Home Peter Carington, 6th...
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