Geordie Greig
Born
George Carron Greig

(1960-12-16) 16 December 1960 (age 63)
Lambeth, London, England
EducationEton College
Alma materSt Peter's College, Oxford
OccupationJournalist
TitleEditor of The Independent
Former the editor of the Daily Mail and the The Mail on Sunday
Spouse
Kathryn Terry
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(m. 1995)​
Children3
Parent(s)Sir Carron Greig
Monica Stourton

George Carron Greig (born 16 December 1960), known as Geordie Greig, is an English journalist. He has been the editor-in-chief of The Independent since January 2023, and was the editor of the Daily Mail from 2018 to 2021 and the The Mail on Sunday from 2012 to 2018.

Early life and career

Born 16 December 1960 in Lambeth, London,[1][2] Greig is the son of Sir Carron Greig and Monica Stourton, granddaughter of the 24th Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton. Members of his father's family have been royal courtiers for three generations — including his twin sister Laura, who was a lady-in-waiting to Diana, Princess of Wales.[3] He attended Eton College and St Peter's College, Oxford.[2]

Greig began his career as a reporter for the South East London and Kentish Mercury newspaper, before joining the Daily Mail and then Sunday Today. He moved to The Sunday Times in 1987,[4] becoming arts correspondent in 1989 and then its American correspondent based in New York in 1991. Greig returned to London in 1995 to become The Sunday Times literary editor and was then appointed editor of Tatler magazine in 1999.[5][6]

Newspaper editor

He was appointed editor of the Evening Standard in February 2009.[7] During his time as editor the Dispossessed Campaign was launched tackling poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. The campaign led to a Dispossessed Fund which has raised over £9 million for grassroots groups addressing poverty and has helped more than 100,000 people, including the homeless and unemployed.

In 2010 he was appointed editorial director of The Independent, The Independent on Sunday and i (Independent Print Ltd) and the Evening Standard.

In March 2012, Greig became editor of The Mail on Sunday while remaining a director of Independent Print Ltd and the Evening Standard.

He succeeded Paul Dacre as editor of the Daily Mail in September 2018.[8][9] The Daily Mail's profits were reported as stable in 2019.[10] In June 2020, The Guardian reported that the Daily Mail had surpassed The Sun as the UK's best-selling paper that May.[11]

His tenure as editor of the Daily Mail came to an end on 17 November 2021.[12] He became consultant editor.[13]

On 4 January 2023, The Independent announced that he was rejoining the digital news outlet as editor-in-chief.[14]

Other interests

Greig wrote the foreword for the Forward Book of Poetry (1999).[15] His 2011 book, The Kingmaker is about his grandfather, Louis Greig, who became mentor, physician and friend to Prince Albert, the future King George VI.[16]

Greig has also written about the life of Lucian Freud in his book Breakfast with Lucian: A Portrait of the Artist published in 2013.[17]

Personal life

On 25 November 1995 he married Kathryn Terry, who is originally from Texas; the couple have three children, a son and two daughters.[18] Greig and his family live in Notting Hill, London.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006". Findmypast.
  2. ^ a b Burke's Peerage 2003, page 1657
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage 106th edition p. 2025
  4. ^ Polly Vernon (1 May 2005). "The entertaining Mr Sloane". The Observer. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Class act". The Guardian. 11 October 1999. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  6. ^ Turvill, William (12 June 2013). "Britain's best connected man? Mail on Sunday editor Geordie Greig on Hugh Grant, Paul Dacre and the Johnsons". Press Gazette. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  7. ^ Luft, Oliver (2 February 2009). "Geordie Greig confirmed as London Evening Standard editor". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  8. ^ Waterson, Jim (6 September 2018). "'A friend to Middle Britain': Geordie Greig begins reign as Daily Mail editor". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  9. ^ Sabbagh, Dan (12 August 2018). "New Daily Mail editor: we want the least damaging Brexit". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  10. ^ Mance, Henry (4 October 2019). "Geordie Greig: 'Provocation is a good thing'". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  11. ^ Sweney, Mark (20 June 2020). "Daily Mail eclipses the Sun to become UK's top-selling paper". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  12. ^ Waterson, Jim (17 November 2021). "Geordie Greig ousted as editor of the Daily Mail". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  13. ^ Sabin, Lamiat (17 November 2021). "Geordie Greig steps down as Daily Mail editor and replaced by Ted Verity". The Independent. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Geordie Greig is appointed as editor-in-chief of The Independent". The Independent. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  15. ^ "The Forward Book of Poetry 1999". LibraryThing. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  16. ^ "The King Maker by Geordie Greig - review". Evening Standard. London. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  17. ^ Breakfast with Lucian - Geordie Greig. Macmillan. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Kerrville Funeral Home". kerrvillefuneralhometx.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  19. ^ "The Tatler List | The People Who Really Matter". Tatler. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016.
Media offices Preceded byJane Procter Editor of Tatler 1999–2009 Succeeded byCatherine Ostler Preceded byVeronica Wadley Editor of the Evening Standard 2009–2012 Succeeded bySarah Sands Preceded byPeter Wright Editor of the Mail on Sunday 2012–2018 Succeeded byTed Verity Preceded byPaul Dacre Editor of the Daily Mail 2018–2021 Succeeded byTed Verityas editor of Mail newspapers Preceded byChristian Broughton Editor of The Independent 2023–present Incumbent
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