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Peregrine Worsthorne | |
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Born | Peregrine Gerard Koch de Gooreynd 22 December 1923 Chelsea, London, England |
Died | 4 October 2020 Buckinghamshire, England | (aged 96)
Education | Stowe School |
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Children | 1 |
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Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1943–1945 |
Rank | Second lieutenant |
Service number | 278628 |
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Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (né Koch de Gooreynd; 22 December 1923 – 4 October 2020) was a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He spent the largest part of his career at the Telegraph newspaper titles, eventually becoming editor of The Sunday Telegraph for several years. He left the newspaper in 1997.
Worsthorne was a conservative-leaning political journalist, who wrote columns and leaders for many years.