Life

Barrington-Ward is the son of Robert McGowan Barrington-Ward (1891–1948), who served with distinction in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by The Rifles....

 and was editor of The Times

The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...

1941–48.

Like his father, Barrington-Ward studied at Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College, Oxford

Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....

 (reading modern history

Modern history

Modern history, or the modern era, describes the historical timeline after the Middle Ages. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period after the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution...

 1948–51), served in the DCLI and became a newspaper editor. However, neither his infantry career nor his editorship equalled his father's in prominence. His Army service was limited to National Service before going up to Oxford and his editorship was limited to colonial and regional newspapers.

Newspaper career

Barrington-Ward began in journalism as a trainee on the Manchester Guardian in 1951. In 1955 he became the founding editor of the Uganda Argus. In 1960 he joined the Westminster Press

Westminster Press

Westminster Press refers perhaps to one of these:* Westminster Press was a printing company in London run by Gerard Meynell, printer of the Imprint...

 in England. With the Westminster Press he was editor of the Northern Echo 1960–61, editor of the Oxford Mail

Oxford Mail

Oxford Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper in Oxford, England owned by Newsquest. It is published six days a week. It is a sister paper to the weekly tabloid The Oxford Times.-History:...

1961–79 and London Editor from 1979 until his retirement in 1992.

Oxford

Barrington-Ward continued to live in Oxford after editing the Oxford Mail. In 2004–10 he was President of Oxford Civic Society

Oxford Civic Society

The Oxford Civic Society is a civic society that was founded in 1969 to oppose plans to build inner relief roads in Oxford, England.The Society comments on all aspects of urban planning and is a founder member of the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board...

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