birth_date: 1913-06-01 00:00:00
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name: W.F. Deedes
about: William Francis "Bill" Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC, DL (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician, army officer and journalist; he is to date the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.Satirical magazine Private Eye's "Dear Bill" spoof letters from Denis Thatcher, published throughout Maragaret Thatcher's years as Prime Minister, were assumed to be addressed to Deedes. The Eye also based its long-running editorial comment, "Shome mishtake shurely?", on Deedes' distinctive slur.According to many sources, Deedes was the journalist used by Evelyn Waugh as the model and inspiration for the hapless William Boot, protagon William Francis "Bill" Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC, DL (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician, army officer and journalist; he is to date the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.Satirical magazine Private Eye's "Dear Bill" spoof letters from Denis Thatcher, published throughout Maragaret Thatcher's years as Prime Minister, were assumed to be addressed to Deedes. The Eye also based its long-running editorial comment, "Shome mishtake shurely?", on Deedes' distinctive slur.According to many sources, Deedes was the journalist used by Evelyn Waugh as the model and inspiration for the hapless William Boot, protagonist of the satirical novel Scoop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Deedes ...more
death_date: 2007-08-17 00:00:00