James Kinlay was a Scottish journalist and assistant editor of the Sunday Express, where for thirty years he was the right hand man of the late editor in chief John Junor

John Junor

Sir John Donald Brown Junor was a Scottish journalist and editor-in-chief of the Sunday Express, having previously worked as a columnist there. He then moved to the Mail on Sunday....

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As features editor he worked with celebrated cartoonists Carl Giles

Carl Giles

Ronald "Carl" Giles , often referred to simply as Giles, was a cartoonist most famous for his work for the British newspaper the Daily Express....

 and Michael Cummings and interviewed many of the leading political figures of the day, including Reginald Maudling

Reginald Maudling

Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...

, Alec Douglas-Home

Alec Douglas-Home

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...

 and Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

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Born in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, he studied classics at Glasgow University before emigrating with his new wife, Elizabeth, to Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 in the early 1950s to begin his career in journalism on the Nairobi Times. His five children include hedge fund manager Jonathan Kinlay

Jonathan Kinlay

Dr Jonathan Kinlay is quantitative researcher and founder of several quantitative hedge funds. He is founder and CEO of Systematic Strategies, LLC, a systematic hedge fund that deploys high frequency trading strategies using news-based algorithms....

 and the actress Antonia Kinlay

Antonia Kinlay

A British actress and graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art whose television credits include the BBC Television drama Consuming Passion , Doctors and the American TV movie Broadside...

is one of five grandchildren.

External links

• Final tribute to newspaper man (Bromley Times)