British newspaper editor and broadcaster (born 1942)
Nicholas Lloyd
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Born
| Nicholas Markley Lloyd
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1942-06-09
)
9 June 1942
(age 82)
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Education
| Bedford Modern School
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Alma mater
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Occupation(s)
| Newspaper editor,
broadcaster
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Spouse
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Children
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Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd
(born 9 June 1942) is a British former
newspaper editor
and
broadcaster
.
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Early life
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Nicholas Markley Lloyd was born on 9 June 1942 in
Luton, Bedfordshire
, the son of Walter and Sybil Lloyd.
[2]
He was educated at
Bedford Modern School
,
[3]
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
, and
Harvard
for the Advanced Management Program.
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[2]
[4]
[5]
Career
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Lloyd started his career as a reporter at the
Daily Mail
in 1964.
[2]
He was made Education Correspondent at
The Sunday Times
in 1966 and was made its Deputy News Editor in 1968.
[2]
In 1970 he moved to
The Sun
where he was made News Editor and, in 1972, became Assistant Editor at the
News of the World
.
[2]
In 1976, Lloyd returned to
The Sun
where he was made Assistant Editor before joining the
Sunday Mirror
in 1980 as Deputy Editor.
[2]
Lloyd edited the
Sunday People
from 1982 to 1983, then moved to edit the
News of the World
for a year from 1984, and finally edited the
Daily Express
from 1986 to 1995.
[1]
[6]
Lloyd received a
knighthood
in the
1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours
.
[1]
He presented a breakfast show on
LBC 97.3
, a London radio station, from 1997 to 1999. Since 2010, he has been the chairman of the public relations consultancy BLJ London.
[7]
Family life
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Lloyd married journalist
Eve Pollard
in 1979; the couple have a son, Oliver.
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He also has three children from his previous marriage: Justin, Rachael and James Lloyd.
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Pollard's daughter from a previous marriage, television personality
Claudia Winkleman
, is his step-daughter.
References
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"Lloyd, Sir Nicholas (Markley), (born 9 June 1942), Chairman, BLJ London (formerly Brown Lloyd James), since 1997"
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WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO
. 2007.
doi
:
10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U24775
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ISBN
978-0-19-954088-4
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"LLOYD, Nicholas (Markley) (born 1942), Chairman, BLJ London (formerly Brown Lloyd James), since 1997"
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oup.com
. Retrieved
10 July
2015
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"Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red" by Andrew Underwood, 1981
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"Welcome to St Edmund Hall... - St Edmund Hall"
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ox.ac.uk
. Retrieved
10 July
2015
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"Sir Nicholas Lloyd Chairman of BLJ London"
.
www.bljlondon.com
. Retrieved
4 March
2021
.
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"
Inside Story: The ex-editors' files
",
The Independent
, 9 May 2005
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"Sir Nicholas Lloyd Chairman of BLJ London"
.
www.bljlondon.com
. Retrieved
10 January
2023
.
Media offices
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Preceded by
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Deputy Editor of the
Sunday Mirror
1980–1982
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Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Editor of the
Sunday People
1982–1983
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Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Editor of the
News of the World
1984–1985
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Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Editor of the
Daily Express
1986–1995
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Succeeded by
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