Sir William Linton Andrews (27 May 1886 – 27 September 1972) was a British journalist and newspaper editor.

Early life

Andrews was born in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

on 27 May 1886. He was the son of William Andrews and Jeanie Leslie Andrews. He was educated at Hull Grammar School. He was married to Gertrude Douglas. He died on 27 September 1972, aged 86.

Career

Andrews served as a subaltern in

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

with the

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. He recounted his experiences in the J. A. Hammerton ''Great War'' book series ''I Was There''. His first stint of journalism was for the '' Sheffield Telegraph''. He worked as a journalist for a number of local newspapers. He became editor of the ''

Leeds Mercury The ''Leeds Mercury'' was a newspaper published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was published from 1718 to 1755 and again from 1767. Initially it consisted of 12 pages and cost three halfpennies. In 1794 it had a circulation of about 3,00 ...

'' from 1923 until it merged with the ''

Yorkshire Post ''The Yorkshire Post'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. It primarily covers stories from Yorkshire, although its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National Newspaper". It was previously owned by ...

'' in 1939. He then succeeded Arthur Mann as editor of the Yorkshire Post.

Distinctions

Andrews was a president of the Guild of British Newspaper Editors. He was also a founder member of the Press Council, and served as its chairman between 1955 and 1959. Andrews was knighted in 1954.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Linton British journalists Writers from Kingston upon Hull 1886 births 1972 deaths