Alexander Chancellor

Who they were

Personal life Chancellor lived in Northamptonshire . In 1964, he married Susanna Debenham, and they had two daughters: model Cecilia Chancellor , and Eliza Chancellor, who married the writer Alexander Waugh , the son of Auberon Waugh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Chancellor was the grandson of Sir John Chancellor , the first Governor of Southern Rhodesia , [ 3 ] and was the uncle of British actress Anna Chancellor .

Alexander Surtees Chancellor, CBE was a British journalist and editor. He was the editor of The Spectator from 1975 to 1984.

Early life

Educated at: Eton College and Trinity Hall.

Path and career

Worked with / for: The Spectator, The New Yorker, The Oldie, and The Guardian.

Awards / honours: Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Career Chancellor began his career as a journalist with Reuters , where his father had worked. [ 1 ] He was a correspondent in France and Italy. [ 1 ] In 1975, he returned to Britain to become the editor of the conservative Spectator . [ 1 ] He inherited a publication in deep financial crisis, and responded by hiring numerous new contributors, ranging from Auberon Waugh to Christopher Hitchens to Jennifer Paterson , and changing the publication's tone,

Why this date

Alexander Chancellor appears on our January 28 calendar for 2017 as a death entry.