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William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (14 July 1928 – 29 December 2012) was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981. In the late 1970s, he served as High Sheriff of Somerset, and in the 1980s was Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain and Vice-Chairman of the BBC 's Board of Governors.
The future novelist Simon Raven and the future editor William Rees-Mogg were together at Charterhouse, the Surrey public school, during the Second World War.
- Michael Leapman
William Rees-Mogg, who edited The Times from January 1967 to March 1981 during one of the most eventful periods in the newspaper’s history, has died after a short illness.
Dec 29, 2012 · Lord Rees-Mogg, who led the Times during a bitter industrial dispute in the 1970s, passed away after a short illness. He was also a former chairman of the Arts Council and vice-chairman of the BBC, and a peer since 1988.
Jan 5, 2013 · LONDON — William Rees-Mogg, the longtime editor of The Times of London and one of Britain’s most respected, if mercurial, conservative voices, who rose to the defense of Richard M. Nixon as...
Editor of The Times, chairman of the Arts Council and vice-chairman of the BBC, William Rees-Mogg held many important positions, and in them achieved a large measure of success. He was, throughout.
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Jul 23, 2018 · In July 1993, William Rees-Mogg launched a legal action to prevent the UK from ratifying the Maastricht treaty, which effectively created the modern EU. Declassified documents have revealed...
