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George Carron Greig (born 16 December 1960), known as Geordie Greig, is an English journalist. He has been the editor-in-chief of ''
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'' since January 2023, and was the editor of the ''
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Early life and career

Born 16 December 1960 in
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, London,''Burke's Peerage 2003'', p. 1657. Greig is the son of Sir Carron Greig and Monica Stourton, granddaughter of the 24th Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton. Members of his father's family have been royal courtiers for three generations — including his twin sister Laura, who was a
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to
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. He attended
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before going up to St Peter's College, Oxford. Greig began his career as a reporter for the ''South East London and Kentish Mercury'' newspaper, before joining the ''
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'' and then ''Sunday Today''. He moved to ''
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'' in 1987, becoming Arts correspondent in 1989 and then its American correspondent based in New York in 1991. Greig returned to London in 1995 to become ''
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'' literary editor and was then appointed editor of ''
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'' magazine in 1999.


Newspaper editor

Greig was appointed editor of the ''
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'' in February 2009. During his time as editor, the "Dispossessed Campaign" was launched, tackling poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. The campaign led to a Dispossessed Fund, which raised over £9 million for grassroots groups addressing poverty and has helped more than 100,000 people, including the homeless and unemployed. In 2010, Greig was appointed editorial director of ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' i'' (Independent Print Ltd) and the ''Evening Standard''. In March 2012, he became editor of ''
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'', while remaining a director of Independent Print Ltd and the ''Evening Standard''. He succeeded Paul Dacre as editor of the ''
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'' in September 2018. The ''Daily Mail''s profits were reported as stable in 2019. In June 2020, ''The Guardian'' reported that the ''Daily Mail'' had surpassed ''The Sun'' as the UK's best-selling paper that May. Greig's tenure as editor of the ''Daily Mail'' came to an end on 17 November 2021. He became consultant editor. On 4 January 2023, ''
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'' announced that he was rejoining the digital news outlet as editor-in-chief.


Other interests

Greig wrote the foreword for the ''Forward Book of Poetry'' (1999). His 2011 book, ''The Kingmaker'' is about his grandfather, Louis Greig, who became mentor, physician and friend to Prince Albert, the future
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. Greig has also written about the life of
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in his book ''Breakfast with Lucian: A Portrait of the Artist'', published in 2013, and, in 2023, Greig was elected FSA.


Personal life

On 25 November 1995, Greig married Kathryn Terry, who is originally from
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, United States; the couple have three children, a son and two daughters. Greig and his family live in
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, London.


References

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