Donald Trelford

Donald Gilchrist Trelford (9 November 1937 – 27 January 2023) was a British journalist and academic who was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993.

He was also a director of The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and chief executive from 1992 to 1993.

Donald Trelford
Born9 November 1937 (1937-11-09)
Coventry, England
Died27 January 2023(2023-01-27) (aged 85)
Mallorca, Spain
EducationBablake School
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist
TitleEditor of The Observer
Term1975–1993
Spouses
  • Jan Ingram
    (divorced)
  • Katherine Mark
    (divorced)
  • Claire Bishop
    (m. 2001)
Children6

Early life

Trelford was born in Coventry. He was educated at Bablake School, Coventry, where he was school captain from 1955 to 1956. He completed his degree at Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Career

In 1994, he was appointed professor of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield, and became a visiting professor in 2004 and emeritus professor in 2007.

Trelford was a member of the Council of the Advertising Standards Authority until 2008 and chairman of the London Press Club. He was also a member of the Newspaper Panel of the Competition Commission from 2001 to 2007.

Trelford was a regular broadcaster and published books on snooker and cricket and co-authored (with Daniel King) a book on the 1993 Times World Chess Championship in London between Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov.

Trelford was interviewed by National Life Stories (C467/12) in 2007 for the 'Oral History of the British Press' collection held by the British Library.

Personal life and death

Trelford had three marriages and six children. He had three children from his first marriage, to Jan Ingram, whom he married in or around 1963. He had another child from his second marriage, to Katherine Mark. In 2001, he married former television presenter Claire Bishop, and they had children in 2011 and 2014, when Trelford was 73 and 76. He lived in England and Mallorca.

Trelford died from cancer in Mallorca, on 27 January 2023, at the age of 85.

References

Media offices
Preceded by Deputy Editor of The Observer
1969–1975
Succeeded by
Preceded by Editor of The Observer
1975–1993
Succeeded by

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