Robert Lumley Skelton (4 October 1896 – 11 August 1973) was a British newspaper editor. Skelton grew up in

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o ...

and attended Rutherford College. During

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 ...

, he served in the Durham Light Infantry from 1914, but was seconded to the

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as a pilot in 1918. After the war, he took up journalism, and became editor of the '' Natal Witness'' in 1928. Returning to the UK in 1933, he was appointed Managing Editor of the '' Daily Telegraph'', serving until 1948, when he became editor of the '' News of the World''. In later years, he served as chairman and managing director of Curzon-Grantham Advertising.SKELTON, Robert Lumley
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