T. E. Utley

Politician

1921 – 1988

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Who was T. E. Utley?

Thomas Edwin 'Peter' Utley CBE was an English High Tory journalist.

Utley, blind since his childhood, went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he achieved a double first in History. During the Second World War, he was a Times leader writer and then worked for the Observer and the Sunday Times. In the early 1950s, Utley was Assistant Editor of The Spectator and then for twenty years, he was a leader writer for The Daily Telegraph, then columnist and Chief Assistant Editor. In 1987, Utley moved to The Times, as Obituary Editor and a columnist.

Margaret Thatcher called him 'the most distinguished Tory thinker of our time'.

In the general election of February 1974, Utley had stood unsuccessfully as the Ulster Unionist candidate for North Antrim, gaining a 21.01% of the share of the vote, but lost to Ian Paisley.

Utley was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1980. His son, Tom, is a columnist for the Daily Mail.

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Born
Feb 1, 1921
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Died
Jun 21, 1988

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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