Peregrine Worsthorne

Sir
Peregrine Worsthorne
On the TV programme After Dark in 1989
Born
Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne

(1923-12-22)22 December 1923
London, England
Died4 October 2020(2020-10-04) (aged 96)
EducationStowe School
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
  • broadcaster
Spouses
  • Claudie Baynham
    (m. 1950; died 1990)
  • (m. 1991)
Children1
Military career
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1943–1945
RankSecond lieutenant
Service number278628
Unit

Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (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.