Dominic Lawson
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Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson (born December 17, 1956) is a British journalist, the son of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Lawson and brother of TV chef and writer Nigella Lawson.
Educated at Westminster School and then Christ Church, Oxford, Lawson joined the BBC as a researcher, and then wrote for the Financial Times. From 1990 until 1995 he served as the editor of The Spectator magazine, a post his father had served in from 1966 to 1970.
In his capacity as editor of the Spectator he conducted, in June 1990, an infamous interview with the cabinet minister Nicholas Ridley in which Ridley expressed opinions immensely hostile to Germany and the European Community, likening the initiatives of Jacques Delors and others to those of Hitler. Lawson added to the damage caused by claiming that the opinions expressed by Ridley were shared by the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. Ridley was forced to resign from the cabinet shortly after.
From 1995 Lawson was editor of The Sunday Telegraph until 2005, when he was dismissed and replaced by Sarah Sands. He is currently an Editorial and Opinion writer for The Independent and other titles including the Mail on Sunday ( "A crucial personal detail... and the truth about Diana's death" by DOMINIC LAWSON - 04/06/2006)
Lawson has several times been accused of working with MI6 (eg by Richard Tomlinson), but has denied being an agent (see [1]).
Lawson is married to the The Honourable Rosamond Mary Monckton, daughter of the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. The Lawsons have 2 daughters (another daughter died some years ago), Domenica and Savannah; Domenica has Down's syndrome.
[edit] Biography
- Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations – John Diamond, Richard Dawkins (Foreword), Dominic Lawson (Editor), Vintage, 2001, ISBN 0-09-942833-4
[edit] External links
- The Independent article on Lawson's leaving The Sunday Telegraph
- The Guardian article on Lawson's dismissal
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| Preceded by: Charles Moore |
Editor of The Spectator 1990–1995 |
Succeeded by: Frank Johnson |
| Preceded by: Charles Moore |
Editor of The Sunday Telegraph 1995–2005 |
Succeeded by: Sarah Sands |
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