Mark Barrington-Ward


Mark Barrington-Ward is a retired newspaper editor.

Life

Barrington-Ward is the son of Robert McGowan Barrington-Ward, who served with distinction in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and was editor of The Times 1941–48.
Like his father, Barrington-Ward studied at Balliol College, Oxford, served in the DCLI and became a newspaper editor.

Newspaper career

Barrington-Ward began in journalism as a trainee on the Manchester Guardian in 1951. In 1955 he became the founding editor of the Uganda Argus. In 1960 he joined the Westminster Press in England. With the Westminster Press he was editor of the Northern Echo 1960–61, editor of the Oxford Mail 1961–79 and London Editor from 1979 until his retirement in 1992.

Oxford

Barrington-Ward continued to live in Oxford after editing the Oxford Mail. In 2004–10 he was President of Oxford Civic Society.