Richard Lewis Dinsdale (23 June 1907 – 2 December 1995) was a British newspaper editor .

Dinsdale grew up in Kingston upon Hull , and attended Hull Technical College , before joining the Hull Daily Mail as a reporter, in 1926. He then moved into sub-editing , working at the Newcastle Evening World , Manchester Evening News , Daily Express , Evening News and the Daily Mirror , then for the War Service during World War II . He returned to the Mirror after the war, rising to become Deputy Editor in 1955. In 1961, he was moved to the Daily Herald , serving as its final Deputy Editor, and as the first Deputy Editor of The Sun . In 1965, he was promoted to become Editor of the newspaper, remaining in post until 1969. He then served as Chairman of West of England Newspapers, retiring in 1972. ^[1]

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