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Cyril Lear (9 September 1911–11 March 1987) was a British newspaper editor.
Lear grew up in Plymouth, where he attended the Hoe Grammar School. He went into journalism and worked at the Western Morning News from 1928, moving to the Torquay Times in 1932, the Daily Mail in 1934 and the Daily Telegraph in 1938.[1]
During World War II, he served as a rifleman with the Queen's Westminsters, before obtaining a commission as a major in the Royal Berkshire Regiment. After the war, he was employed by the News of the World, rising to become Features Editor, Assistant Editor and then Deputy Editor. He finally served as Editor of the newspaper from 1970 and Editorial Manager from 1973.[1]
References
- ^ a b "LEAR, Cyril James", Who Was Who
Media offices Preceded by
Stafford SomerfieldDeputy Editor of the News of the World
1960–1970Succeeded by
Phil WrackPreceded by
Stafford SomerfieldEditor of the News of the World
1970–1973Succeeded by
Peter StephensEditors of The Sun, the Daily Herald and the News of the World The Sun 1964: Sydney Jacobson · 1965: Dick Dinsdale · 1969: Larry Lamb · 1972: Bernard Shrimsley · 1975: Larry Lamb · 1981: Kelvin MacKenzie · 1994: Stuart Higgins · 1998: David Yelland · 2003: Rebekah Wade · 2009: Dominic MohanDaily Herald 1912: William H. Seed · 1912: Roland Kenney · 1913: Charles Lapworth · 1913: George Lansbury · 1922: W. P. Ryan · 1922: Hamilton Fyfe · 1926: William Mellor · 1931: W. H. Stevenson · 1936: Edward Francis Williams · 1940: Percy Cudlipp · 1953: Sydney Elliott · 1957: Douglas Machray · 1960: John Beaven · 1962: Sydney JacobsonNews of the World 1843: Henry Drake Breun · 1891: Emsley Carr · 1941: David Percy Davies · 1946: Robert Skelton · 1947: Arthur Waters · 1953: Reg Cudlipp · 1960: Stafford Somerfield · 1970: Cyril Lear · 1974: Peter Stephens · 1975: Bernard Shrimsley · 1980: Kenneth Donlan · 1981: Barry Askew · 1981: Derek Jameson · 1984: Nicholas Lloyd · 1985: David Montgomery · 1987: Wendy Henry · 1988: Patsy Chapman · 1993: Stuart Higgins · 1994: Piers Morgan · 1995: Phil Hall · 2000: Rebekah Wade · 2003: Andy Coulson · 2007: Colin MylerCategories:- 1911 births
- 1987 deaths
- British newspaper editors
- People from Plymouth
- Royal Berkshire Regiment officers
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