Bill Deedes

The Right Honourable The Lord Deedes KBE MC PC
Minister without Portfolio
In office 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	The Lord Mills
Succeeded by	Eric Fletcher
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
In office 18 October 1954 – 20 December 1955
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Ernest Marples
Succeeded by	Enoch Powell
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 23 September 1986 – 17 August 2007 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Ashford
In office 23 February 1950 – 20 September 1974
Preceded by	Edward Percy Smith
Succeeded by	Keith Speed
Personal details
Born	William Francis Deedes (1913-06-01)1 June 1913 Hampstead, London, England
Died	17 August 2007(2007-08-17) (aged 94) Aldington, Kent, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Evelyn Branfort ​ (died 2004)​
Children	5
Relatives	Wyndham Deedes (uncle) Drummond Money-Coutts (grandson) Sophia Money-Coutts (granddaughter)
Education	Harrow School
Military career
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	World War II
Rank	Major
Service number	90126
Awards	Military Cross

William Francis Deedes, Baron Deedes, KBE, MC, PC (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative politician, army officer and journalist. He was the first person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph.