Gordon Linacre

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Sir Gordon Linacre
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1979)
  • Knight Bachelor
    • (1986)

    Sir John Gordon Seymour Linacre,

    press baron, journalist, and decorated Royal Air Force
    officer.

    Early life

    Linacre was born on 23 September 1920 in

    school newspaper.[3]

    Career

    Military service

    With the outbreak of

    Nazi occupied Europe.[4] As a member of No. 83 Squadron RAF, he bombed targets in Berlin, Essen, Kiel and Mannheim.[2]

    On 3 November 1941, he granted an emergency commission in the

    mentioned in despatches in June 1944, he held the acting rank of squadron leader.[7]

    At the end of the war, he was offered a regular commission in the Royal Air Force and encouraged to remain in the military, but he turned it down. Therefore, in 1946 he was

    demobilised and returned to civilian life.[2]

    Journalism career

    Linacre first expressed an interest in becoming a journalist at the age of seven.[1] Ten years later, at the age of 17, he joined The Sheffield Independent.[4] He left the newspaper in 1939 to serve in the Royal Air Force during World War II.

    Though he was offered a permanent commission to continue serving with the RAF after the war, he decided to return to journalism.

    Sheffield Star.[2]

    In 1963, he moved from direct involvement in newspaper production, as a journalist or editor, to a back room job as

    Sunday Express and the Daily Star.[1] He retired from his full-time career in 1990.[3]

    Later life

    In later life, Linacre was active in the running of the

    University Court.[9] He also kept ties with journalism, and served as President, a mainly honorary role, of Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd from 1990 until his death.[10]

    Linacre died on 5 February 2015, aged 94.[2]

    Personal life

    In 1943, Linacre married Irene Amy Gordon.[10] Together they had two daughters; Anthea and Phillipa.[1] His wife predeceased him, dying in 2013.[10]

    Honours

    Linacre received multiple honours for service during the

    King's Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC).[12]

    In the 1979

    Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.[15]

    In 1991, the

    Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree in recognition of "his contribution to journalism and the support of the arts and education".[9]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e "Sir Gordon Linacre". The Times. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g "Sir Gordon Linacre, press baron - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
    3. ^ a b c d "Sir Gordon Linacre. Press baron. September 23, 1920 – February 5, 2015. Aged 94". The Express. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
    4. ^ a b c d "Obituary: Sir Gordon Linacre". The Yorkshire Post. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
    5. ^ "No. 35391". The London Gazette. 23 December 1941. pp. 7248–7249.
    6. ^ "No. 35784". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 1942. p. 4930.
    7. ^ a b "No. 36544". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1944. pp. 2613–2618.
    8. ^ "(John) Gordon Seymour LINACRE". People of Today. Debrett's. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
    9. ^ a b "Sir Gordon Linacre". leeds.ac.uk/secretariat. University of Leeds. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
    10. ^ a b c "LINACRE, Sir (John) Gordon (Seymour)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
    11. ^ "No. 35389". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 December 1941. pp. 7237–7238.
    12. ^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. pp. 2986–2987.
    13. ^ "No. 47723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1978. p. 8.
    14. ^ "No. 50551". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1986. pp. 1–2.
    15. ^ "No. 50759". The London Gazette. 30 December 1986. p. 16784.
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