John Beavan, Baron Ardwick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Beavan, Baron Ardwick

British journalist

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1910

Place of Birth: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Aug-1994

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John Cowburn Morgan Beavan, Baron Ardwick (29 April 1910 – 18 August 1994) was a British journalist. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School.
Beavan was reporter of the Manchester Evening News, becoming its editor in 1943.
Between 1946 and 1955, he was London editor of The Guardian.
For two years, 1960 to 1962, he was editor of the Daily Herald, then becoming political advisor to the Mirror Group, a post he retained until 1976.
He was a Labour Member of the European Parliament from 1975 to 1979.On 16 January 1970, he was created a life peer as Baron Ardwick, of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.He was the father of Matthew Symonds.
Symonds' daughter Carrie is the partner of the incumbent Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, a Conservative.