William Rees-Mogg
William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (14 July 1928 – 29 December 2012) was an English journalist and public servant. He served as editor of The Times (1967–81), chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, and vice-chairman of the BBC.
Early life and education
William Rees-Mogg was born in Bristol, England in 1928 to an English Protestant father, Edmund Fletcher Rees-Mogg, and an Irish-American Roman Catholic mother, Beatrice (née Warren).
He was educated at Clifton College Preparatory School in Bristol and Charterhouse School in Godalming. He was head boy at Charterhouse and won a Brackenbury Scholarship in 1948 to read history at Balliol College, Oxford. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1951.
Career
Rees-Mogg began his career in journalism in London at The Financial Times in 1952 becoming chief leader writer in 1955 and, in addition, assistant editor in 1957. During this period, he was Conservative candidate for the safe Labour seat of Chester-le-Street in a by-election on 27 September 1956, losing to the Labour candidate Norman Pentland by 21,287 votes, as he did in the subsequent general election by a similar margin.
William Rees
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William Rees (Archdeacon of St Asaph)
The Ven William Hugh Rees was Archdeacon of St Asaph from 1970 to 1974.
He was born in 1905 and educated at St David's College, Lampeter and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1929 and began his career with curacies at Carmarthen and Uzmaston. After this he was Bishop's Messenger for the Diocese of St David's from 1935 to 1939. He held incumbencies at St Mary Haverfordwest and St Paul, Colwyn Bay. He was Rural Dean of Rhos from 1960 to 1970 when he became Archdeacon of the surrounding area. He retired in 1974.
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William Rees (veterinarian)
William Howard Rees was the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom from August 1980 to May 1988. Before this appointment he had worked as a MAFF Veterinary Officer from 1953 to 1980.
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