Frank Giles

For the Massachusetts politician, see Frank S. Giles. For the British soldier, see Frank Lucas Netlam Giles.

Frank Thomas Robertson Giles (31 July 1919 – 30 October 2019)[1] was an English journalist, historian and diplomat, who was editor of the British Sunday Times newspaper[2] from 1981 to 1983, having served as its foreign editor (1961–1977) and then deputy editor (1967–1981) under his predecessor Harold Evans. He stood down in the wake of the Hitler Diaries scandal.[3]

  1. ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (November 2019). "Frank Giles, journalist who edited 'The Sunday Times' during a turbulent period and was unfairly blamed by Rupert Murdoch for his part in the 'Hitler Diaries' fiasco – obituary". The Telegraph.
  2. ^ Chancellor, Alexander (16 March 2002). "The buck stops where?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  3. ^ The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch, Broadway Books, by Michael Wolff, 2008.