Patrick mcdowell anna wintour biography

British journalist

Patrick Wintour (born 1 November ) is a British journalist and the diplomatic editor of The Guardian.^[1] He was the political editor of The Guardian from to and was formerly the newspaper's chief political correspondent for two periods, from to , and to ^[2] In the intervening period he was the political editor of The Observer.^[3]

Early life

Wintour is the son of former Evening Standard editor Charles Vere Wintour by his marriage to Eleanor "Nonie" Trego Baker (–), an American, the daughter of a Harvard law professor.^[3] His parents married in and divorced in His elder sister, Dame Anna Wintour, is the current editor-in-chief of the American edition of Vogue magazine.^[3] His brother Jim arranged equestrian events at the Summer Olympics.^[3] Wintour is the grandson of Major-General Fitzgerald Wintour.

Wintour was educated at The Hall School in Hampstead, Westminster Scho