Mark Barrington-Ward
Mark Barrington-Ward (25 October 1927 – 23 October 2021) was a British newspaper editor. Life. Barrington-Ward was the son of Robert McGowan Barrington-Ward (1891–1948), who served with distinction in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and was editor of "The Times" 1941–48. Like his father, Barrington-Ward studied at Balliol College, Oxford (reading modern history 1948–51), served in the DCLI and became a newspaper editor. He died on 23 October 2021 at the age of 93. He had four children and eight grandchildren. Newspaper career. Barrington-Ward began in journalism as a trainee on  the "Manchester Guardian" in 1951. In 1955 he became the founding editor of the "Uganda Argus". In 1960 he joined the Westminster Press in England. With the Westminster Press he was editor of the "Northern Echo" 1960–61, editor of the "Oxford Mail" 1961–79 and London Editor from 1979 until his retirement in 1992. Oxford. Barrington-Ward continued to live in Oxford after editing the "Oxford Mail". From 2004 to 2010 he was President of Oxford Civic Society.