Peregrine Worsthorne

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Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
On the TV programme After Dark in 1989
Born	Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (1923-12-22)22 December 1923 London, England
Died	4 October 2020(2020-10-04) (aged 96) Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, England
Education	Stowe School
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupations	Journalist writer broadcaster
Spouses	Claudie Baynham ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 1990)​ Lucinda Lambton ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	1
Military career
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1943–1945
Rank	Second lieutenant
Service number	278628
Unit	Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry GHQ Liaison Regiment

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.