Rees-Mogg, William

Educated at Charterhouse and Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Financial Times in 1952, becoming chief leader writer and assistant editor. He then moved to The Times, eventually becoming its editor, and remaining there for fourteen years. An accepted figure of the establishment, he has been vice-chairman of the BBC, chairman of the Arts Council and head of the Broadcasting Standards Council and sits on the boards of several companies.