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British journalist (1910?1994)
John Cowburn Beavan, Baron Ardwick
(9 April 1910 ? 18 August 1994) was a British journalist,
Labour
life peer
and
Member of the European Parliament
. Born to a
Welsh
father in
Ardwick
,
Manchester
, he began his journalistic career in local newspapers before a long associations with
The Guardian
and
Mirror
. He was a staunch Labour supporter and was appointed as a life peer by Harold Wilson in 1970, namely to represent journalism in the
House of Lords
.
Early life and education
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Beavan was a son of Silas Morgan Beavan (of Welsh origin and a grocer, according to censuses) and Emily Esther (nee Hussey); and was educated at
Manchester Grammar School
.
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Career
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Beavan was reporter of the
Manchester Evening News
, becoming its editor in 1943. Between 1946 and 1955, he was London editor of
The Guardian
.
[2]
For two years, 1960 to 1962, he was editor of the
Daily Herald
, then becoming political advisor to the
Mirror Group
, a post he retained until 1976.
[3]
He was a
Labour
Member of the European Parliament
from 1975 to 1979.
[2]
On 16 January 1970, he was created a
life peer
as
Baron Ardwick
, of
Barnes
in the
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
.
[4]
Personal life
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He married Gladys Jones in 1934 by whom he had two children. By
Anne Symonds
, a BBC World Service journalist, he was also the father of
Matthew Symonds
.
[5]
Symonds' daughter
Carrie
is the spouse of the former
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Boris Johnson
, a
Conservative
.
[6]
Arms
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Coat of arms of John Beavan, Baron Ardwick
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- Coronet
- A
Coronet of a Baron
- Crest
- A Cock criant standing upon a hand mirror Proper the frame and handle Or.
- Escutcheon
- Or a dragon passant between two roses Gules barbed and seeded proper in chief and in base on a pile reversed Gules an Owl Argent.
- Supporters
- On either side a representation of an angel holding in the superior hand a shepherd's crook Proper.
- Motto
- IN OMNIA PARATUS
(Prepared In All Things)
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References
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- ^
2007 "Ardwick, Baron cr 1970 (Life Peer), of Barnes, (John Cowburn Beavan) (29 April 1910?18 Aug. 1994)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 26 Jul. 2019
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a
b
Terence Lancaster
Obituary: Lord Ardwick
,
The Independent
, 19 August 1994
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Dennis Griffiths
(ed)
The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422?1992
, London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p,97
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"No. 45021"
.
The London Gazette
. 16 January 1970. p. 658.
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2018 "Symonds, Matthew John, (born 20 Dec. 1953), Executive Director, Lawrence Ellison Foundation, since 2018." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 26 Jul. 2019
- ^
ITV Report,
Carrie Symonds: Who is Boris Johnson's partner?
at itv.com dated 22 June 2019, accessed 24 June 2019
Media offices
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Editor of the
Daily Herald
1960?1962
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