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{{Short description|British journalist}}
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| birth_name = Alexander Surtees Chancellor
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| birth_place = [[Dane End]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
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'''Alexander Surtees Chancellor''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (4 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was a British journalist.
'''Alexander Surtees Chancellor''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (4 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was a British journalist.


== Biography ==
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Chancellor was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]]. He was the editor of the conservative ''[[The Spectator|Spectator]]'' magazine from 1975 to 1984. In 1986, after a spell as deputy editor of [[The Sunday Telegraph|''The'' ''Sunday Telegraph'']], he became the first Washington correspondent of the newly-launched quality broadsheet, ''[[The Independent Newspaper Group|The Independent]],'' and subsequently launched and edited the paper's first Saturday magazine. In 1993, he spent a year in the [[United States]] working as an editor at ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine, where he oversaw the "Talk of the Town" section.<ref name="newyorker" /> This experience was the basis of a memoir, ''Some Times in America'', which both satirised the ordeal and recorded his deep affection for New York and the United States. It was published in both the UK and the U.S. in 2000.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chancellor |first=Alexander |title=Some Times in America - And a Life in a Year at the New Yorker |location=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7867-0710-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/sometimesinameri00chan }}</ref>
Born in [[Dane End]], [[Hertfordshire]], the youngest of his parents' four children.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/31/alexander-chancellor-obituary|title=Alexander Chancellor obituary


|first=Ian|last=Jack|author-link=Ian Jack|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=31 January 2017}}</ref> Alexander Chancellor was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]].
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In June 2014 he became editor of ''[[The Oldie]]'' magazine in succession to [[Richard Ingrams]].<ref>Harry Mount [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/10892588/Richard-Ingrams-on-his-successor-at-The-Oldie-Hes-a-bloody-fool-for-taking-the-job.html "Richard Ingrams on his successor at The Oldie: 'He’s a bloody fool for taking the job’"], ''Daily Telegraph'', 12 June 2014</ref> Until January 2012, he contributed a weekly column in ''[[The Guardian]]'', published in the "Weekend" supplement each Saturday. In March 2012, he began to contribute to ''The Spectator'' again, with a column entitled "Long Life".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/mar/07/the-spectator-magazines | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Roy | last=Greenslade | title=Chancellor returns to The Spectator | date=7 March 2012}}</ref>


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He was the editor of the conservative ''[[The Spectator|Spectator]]'' magazine from 1975 to 1984. In 1986, after a spell as deputy editor of [[The Sunday Telegraph|''The'' ''Sunday Telegraph'']], he became the first Washington correspondent of the newly-launched quality broadsheet, ''[[The Independent Newspaper Group|The Independent]],'' and subsequently launched and edited the paper's first Saturday magazine. In 1993, he spent a year in the [[United States]] working as an editor at ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine, where he oversaw the "Talk of the Town" section.<ref name="newyorker" /> This experience was the basis of a memoir, ''Some Times in America'', which both satirised the ordeal and recorded his deep affection for New York and the United States. It was published in both the UK and the U.S. in 2000.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chancellor |first=Alexander |title=Some Times in America - And a Life in a Year at the New Yorker |location=New York |publisher=Carroll & Graf |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7867-0710-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/sometimesinameri00chan }}</ref>
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Chancellor lived in [[Northamptonshire]]. He was the father of British model [[Cecilia Chancellor]], and Eliza, who married the writer [[Alexander Waugh]]. {{cn|date=July 2020}} He was the grandson of [[John Chancellor (British administrator)|Sir John Chancellor]], the first [[Governor of Southern Rhodesia]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jun/27/zimbabwe Despite Mugabe's hatred of British colonialism, the road he lives in is still named after my grandfather], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 27 June 2008</ref> He was the uncle of British actress [[Anna Chancellor]]. He was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[2012 Birthday Honours]] for services to journalism.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60173|supp=y|page=7|date=16 June 2012}}</ref> He died on 28 January 2017, aged 77.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mount|first=Harry|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/01/rip-alexander-chancellor-man-invented-modern-spectator/|title=RIP, Alexander Chancellor, The Man Who Invented the Modern ''Spectator''|work=The Spectator|date=28 January 2017|accessdate=28 January 2017|archive-date=28 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128143752/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/01/rip-alexander-chancellor-man-invented-modern-spectator/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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In June 2014, he became editor of ''[[The Oldie]]'' magazine in succession to [[Richard Ingrams]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Harry |last=Mount |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/10892588/Richard-Ingrams-on-his-successor-at-The-Oldie-Hes-a-bloody-fool-for-taking-the-job.html |title=Richard Ingrams on his successor at The Oldie: 'He's a bloody fool for taking the job'|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=12 June 2014}}</ref> Until January 2012, he contributed a weekly column in ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref name=Doward>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/28/alexander-chancellor-dies-aged-77|title=Alexander Chancellor, former Spectator and Guardian journalist, dies aged 77|first=Jamie|last=Doward|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 January 2017}}</ref> published in the "Weekend" supplement each Saturday. In March 2012, he began to contribute to ''The Spectator'' again, with a column entitled "Long Life".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/mar/07/the-spectator-magazines | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Roy | last=Greenslade | title=Chancellor returns to The Spectator | date=7 March 2012}}</ref>

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Chancellor lived in [[Northamptonshire]]. He was the father of British model [[Cecilia Chancellor]], and Eliza, who married the writer [[Alexander Waugh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://evelynwaughsociety.org/2017/alexander-chancellor-1940-2017-savior-of-the-spectator/|title=Alexander Chancellor (1940–2017): Savior of The Spectator|first=Jeffrey|last=Manley|website=[[The Evelyn Waugh Society]]|date=3 February 2017|access-date=3 December 2023}}</ref> Chancellor was the grandson of [[John Chancellor (British administrator)|Sir John Chancellor]], the first [[Governor of Southern Rhodesia]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jun/27/zimbabwe |title=Despite Mugabe's hatred of British colonialism, the road he lives in is still named after my grandfather|first=Alexander |last=Chancellor|newspaper=The Guardian|date=27 June 2008}}</ref> and was the uncle of British actress [[Anna Chancellor]]. He was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[2012 Birthday Honours]] for services to journalism.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=60173|supp=y|page=7|date=16 June 2012}}</ref>

Chancellor died at his home in Northamptonshire on 28 January 2017, aged 77.<ref name=Doward /><ref>{{cite web|last=Mount|first=Harry|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/01/rip-alexander-chancellor-man-invented-modern-spectator/|title=RIP, Alexander Chancellor, The Man Who Invented the Modern ''Spectator''|work=The Spectator|date=28 January 2017|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-date=28 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128143752/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/01/rip-alexander-chancellor-man-invented-modern-spectator/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His final column for the ''The Spectator'' was published on the day he died.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/alexander-chancellor-editor-who-transformed-spectator-magazine-dies-at-77/2017/02/02/a1d9a454-e8b5-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html|title=Alexander Chancellor, editor who transformed Spectator magazine, dies at 77|first=Matt|last=Schudel|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=2 February 2017}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==


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| work = [[The Denver Post]]
| location = Colorado
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| date = 6 February 2000
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080818054752/http://www.journalisted.com/alexander-chancellor Journalisted - Articles by Alexander Chancellor]
* [http://www.spectator.co.uk/author/alexander-chancellor/ Articles by Chancellor] in ''[[The Spectator]]''
* [http://www.spectator.co.uk/author/alexander-chancellor/ Articles by Chancellor] in ''[[The Spectator]]''
* [https://www.theoldie.co.uk/article/tributes-to-alexander-chancellor "Tributes to Alexander Chancellor"], ''The Oldie''.


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Revision as of 10:11, 3 December 2023

Alexander Chancellor
CBE
Born
Alexander Surtees Chancellor

(1940-01-04)4 January 1940
Dane End, Hertfordshire, England
Died28 January 2017(2017-01-28) (aged 77)
Northamptonshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationEton College
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist
Known forEditor of The Spectator
ChildrenCecilia and Eliza
FatherChristopher Chancellor

Alexander Surtees Chancellor, CBE (4 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was a British journalist.

Biography

Born in Dane End, Hertfordshire, the youngest of his parents' four children.[1] Alexander Chancellor was educated at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

He was the editor of the conservative Spectator magazine from 1975 to 1984. In 1986, after a spell as deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph, he became the first Washington correspondent of the newly-launched quality broadsheet, The Independent, and subsequently launched and edited the paper's first Saturday magazine. In 1993, he spent a year in the United States working as an editor at The New Yorker magazine, where he oversaw the "Talk of the Town" section.[2] This experience was the basis of a memoir, Some Times in America, which both satirised the ordeal and recorded his deep affection for New York and the United States. It was published in both the UK and the U.S. in 2000.[3]

In June 2014, he became editor of The Oldie magazine in succession to Richard Ingrams.[4] Until January 2012, he contributed a weekly column in The Guardian,[5] published in the "Weekend" supplement each Saturday. In March 2012, he began to contribute to The Spectator again, with a column entitled "Long Life".[6]

Chancellor lived in Northamptonshire. He was the father of British model Cecilia Chancellor, and Eliza, who married the writer Alexander Waugh.[7] Chancellor was the grandson of Sir John Chancellor, the first Governor of Southern Rhodesia,[8] and was the uncle of British actress Anna Chancellor. He was appointed a CBE in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to journalism.[9]

Chancellor died at his home in Northamptonshire on 28 January 2017, aged 77.[5][10] His final column for the The Spectator was published on the day he died.[11]

References

  1. ^ Jack, Ian (31 January 2017). "Alexander Chancellor obituary". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Porter, William (6 February 2000). "Best New Yorker profiles gathered in Life Stories". The Denver Post. Colorado. p. G-04.
  3. ^ Chancellor, Alexander (2000). Some Times in America - And a Life in a Year at the New Yorker. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-0710-2.
  4. ^ Mount, Harry (12 June 2014). "Richard Ingrams on his successor at The Oldie: 'He's a bloody fool for taking the job'". Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ a b Doward, Jamie (28 January 2017). "Alexander Chancellor, former Spectator and Guardian journalist, dies aged 77". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Greenslade, Roy (7 March 2012). "Chancellor returns to The Spectator". The Guardian. London.
  7. ^ Manley, Jeffrey (3 February 2017). "Alexander Chancellor (1940–2017): Savior of The Spectator". The Evelyn Waugh Society. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  8. ^ Chancellor, Alexander (27 June 2008). "Despite Mugabe's hatred of British colonialism, the road he lives in is still named after my grandfather". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 7.
  10. ^ Mount, Harry (28 January 2017). "RIP, Alexander Chancellor, The Man Who Invented the Modern Spectator". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  11. ^ Schudel, Matt (2 February 2017). "Alexander Chancellor, editor who transformed Spectator magazine, dies at 77". The Washington Post.
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