Thomas Dermot Utley (born 29 November 1953) is a British journalist who writes for the ''

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''.

Life and career

Utley is the son of the journalist T. E. Utley and Brigid Viola Mary (1927–2012), daughter of

Dermot Morrah Dermot Michael Macgregor Morrah (26 April 1896 – 30 September 1974) was a British journalist for ''The Times'' and an expert on the British royal family. Education Morrah was educated at Winchester College and went to New College, Oxford, wh ...

, a journalist, Fellow of

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, and Arundel Herald Extraordinary at the

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. He was educated at

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and, like his father, read history at

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th c ...

. Utley wrote for ''

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'', where he was described by ''

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'' as a "star ''Telegraph'' columnist" but left in early 2006 after being offered a salary of £120,000 by the ''Daily Mail''.

Personal life

Utley is a

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References

1953 births Living people English male journalists English Roman Catholics People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Daily Mail journalists {{UK-journalist-stub