Norris McWhirter

Norris McWhirter CBE
Norris McWhirter holding a copy of the largest diamond in the world (1977)
Born	Norris Dewar McWhirter (1925-08-12)12 August 1925 Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, England
Died	19 April 2004(2004-04-19) (aged 78) Kington Langley, Wiltshire, England
Burial place	St Peter's Church, Kington Langley, Wiltshire, England
Education	Marlborough College Trinity College, Oxford
Occupations	writer political activist television presenter
Notable credit(s)	Guinness World Records, co-founder of the National Association for Freedom, Record Breakers
Spouses	Carole Eckert ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 1987)​ Tessa von Weichardt ​ ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	2
Relatives	Ross McWhirter (twin brother)

Norris Dewar McWhirter CBE (12 August 1925 – 19 April 2004) was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for founding the reference book The Guinness Book of Records (known since 2000 as Guinness World Records) which they wrote and updated annually together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Norris carried on alone as editor.^{[citation needed]}