Alexander Chancellor
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Alexander Chancellor is a British journalist. He was educated at Eton College
and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
. He was the editor of the conservative Spectator
magazine from 1975 to 1984, and now contributes a weekly column in The Guardian
, published in the "Weekend" supplement each Saturday. In 1993 he spent a year in America working as an editor at The New Yorker
magazine, where he oversaw the "Talk of the town" section. This experience was the basis of a memoir, Some Times in America, which was published in both the UK and the US. He lives in Northamptonshire
, and is the father of British model Cecilia Chancellor and the uncle of British actress Anna Chancellor
.
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...
. He was the editor of the conservative Spectator
The Spectator
The Spectator is a weekly British magazine first published on 6 July 1828. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, who also owns The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture...
magazine from 1975 to 1984, and now contributes a weekly column in The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, published in the "Weekend" supplement each Saturday. In 1993 he spent a year in America working as an editor at The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
magazine, where he oversaw the "Talk of the town" section. This experience was the basis of a memoir, Some Times in America, which was published in both the UK and the US. He lives in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, and is the father of British model Cecilia Chancellor and the uncle of British actress Anna Chancellor
Anna Chancellor
-Family:Chancellor was born in Richmond, London, England, the daughter of the Hon. Mary Alice Jolliffe and John Paget Chancellor. Through her mother's mother, Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, Chancellor is the great-granddaughter of The Hon. Raymond Aquith and the great-great-granddaughter of Prime...
.