Jocelyn Stevens
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Sir Jocelyn Stevens, CVO
(born 1932) is the former publisher of Queen Magazine
; a financier of the first British pirate radio
station Radio Caroline
; newspaper editor for major London dailies and former chairman of English Heritage
.
magazine, "The Queen", shortly after leaving university in the nineteen-fifties. Stevens revamped the magaaine by hiring Beatrix Miller
as editor. In the 1960s he was named as managing director of the Evening Standard
and Daily Express
newspapers.
He was Chairman of English Heritage
from 1992 - 2000.
until they separated in 2005.
On 26 November 2008 Stevens married Emma Cheape, daughter of the late Sir Iain Tennant and former wife of Angus Geoffrey Bruce Ismay Cheape, a descendant of the family which owned The Titanic.
Stevens' half-sister is Prudence, Lady Penn, LVO, a former lady-in-waiting
to the The Queen Mother
and wife to the former Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office
, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Eric Penn, GCVO, OBE, MC.
Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...
(born 1932) is the former publisher of Queen Magazine
Queen (magazine)
Queen magazine was a British society publication established by Samuel Beeton in 1861. In 1958, the magazine was sold to Jocelyn Stevens, who dropped the prefix "The" and used it as his vehicle to represent the younger side of the British Establishment, sometimes referred to as the "Chelsea Set"...
; a financier of the first British pirate radio
Pirate radio
Pirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. The term is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes, but is also sometimes used for illegal two-way radio operation...
station Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly...
; newspaper editor for major London dailies and former chairman of English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
.
Career
Jocelyn Stevens bought the Victorian British EstablishmentVictorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
magazine, "The Queen", shortly after leaving university in the nineteen-fifties. Stevens revamped the magaaine by hiring Beatrix Miller
Beatrix Miller
Beatrix Miller was a British fashion and cultural magazine editor for Queen and Vogue during the 1950s through the 1970s.-Brief biography:...
as editor. In the 1960s he was named as managing director of the Evening Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
and Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
newspapers.
He was Chairman of English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
from 1992 - 2000.
Family
His first marriage to Janie Sheffield (a lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret) lasted 23 years and ended in 1979. His daughter, Pandora, married property developer Charles Delevigne. Their daughters include Chloe Buckworth and Poppy Delevigne. Stevens became a partner for some 30 years of the philanthropist Dame Vivien DuffieldVivien Duffield
Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE , is an English philanthropist.-Career:The daughter of millionaire businessman Sir Charles Clore and his wife, Lady Francine, Vivien Louise Duffield was educated at the Lycée Français, Heathfield School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University where she read languages...
until they separated in 2005.
On 26 November 2008 Stevens married Emma Cheape, daughter of the late Sir Iain Tennant and former wife of Angus Geoffrey Bruce Ismay Cheape, a descendant of the family which owned The Titanic.
Stevens' half-sister is Prudence, Lady Penn, LVO, a former lady-in-waiting
Lady-in-waiting
A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a royal court, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman from a family highly thought of in good society, but was of lower rank than the woman on whom she...
to the The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
and wife to the former Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office
Lord Chamberlain's Office
The Lord Chamberlain's Office is a department within the British Royal Household. It is presently concerned with matters such as protocol, state visits, investitures, garden parties, the State Opening of Parliament, royal weddings and funerals. For example, in April 2005 it organised the wedding of...
, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Eric Penn, GCVO, OBE, MC.