Abstract
Described as ‘the most unlikely newspaper publisher of the century’,1 Victor Matthews was aged 58 when he became the new chairman of Beaverbrook Newspapers. Born in London, he had begun work as an office boy and during the Second World War had served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. On demobilisation, he became a trainee with Trollope and Colls, the City of London builders, and rose to become contracts manager. During the next thirty years, he was to play a prominent part in the building and contract world, and with Nigel Broackes (later Sir Nigel) developed Trafalgar House into an international force, with interests in civil engineering, the Ritz Hotel and the Cunard shipping line, including the Queen Elizabeth II.2
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Charles Wintour, The Rise and Fall of Fleet Street p. 151.
Ibid., pp. 152–3.
Personal knowledge.
Personal knowledge.
Conversation with Simon Jenkins.
Daily Mail files, 1 November 1980.
Conversation with Vere Harmsworth (Lord Rothermere III).
Conversations with Charles Wintour.
Conversations with Jocelyn Stevens and, later, Louis Kirby.
Conversation with Louis Kirby.
Ibid.
Personal knowledge.
Campaign June 1981.
Ibid.
Evening Standard files, 4 May 1979.
Ibid.
Conversation with Jocelyn Stevens.
Charles Wintour, op. cit., p. 165.
The Times files, 3 April 1982.
Evening Standard files, 14 June 1982. See also: Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins, The Battle for the Falklands (1983), pp. 348–50.
Charles Wintour, op. cit., p. 184.
Evening Standard Archives.
Charles Wintour, op. cit., p. 168.
Ibid., p. 212.
Conversation with Vere I-Iarmsworth (Lord Rothermere III)
Personal knowledge.
Conversations with Angus McGill.
Conversations with Ivor Cole.
Obituary, Daily Telegraph 24 September 1991.
Conversation with Anthony Hilton.
Ibid.
Conversation with Paul Dacre.
Conversation with Stewart Steven.
Ibid.
Copyright information
© 1996 Dennis Griffiths
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Griffiths, D. (1996). Harmsworth Victorious. In: Plant Here The Standard. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12461-9_24
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12461-9_24
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-12463-3
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-12461-9
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management CollectionBusiness and Management (R0)