Charles Eade was a British

British people

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 newspaper editor.

Born in Leytonstone

Leytonstone

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, Eade became a subeditor on the Daily Chronicle

Daily Chronicle

The Daily Chronicle was a British newspaper that was published from 1872 to 1930 when it merged with the Daily News to become the News Chronicle.-History:...

at the age of fourteen, then worked on Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper

-Founding:The paper was launched by Edward Lloyd in 1842 as Lloyd's Illustrated London Newspaper, following the success of his Lloyd's Penny Weekly Miscellany. The new paper was intended as a rival for the Illustrated London News...

and the Daily Herald. From 1922, he wrote for the Daily Mirror, but also worked on the Sunday Pictorial and The Observer

The Observer

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. In 1928, he bought the East Ham Echo and South Essex Mail, but took little interest in the title, spending two years travelling the world. Early in the 1930s, Eade joined the Sunday Express, becoming Deputy Editor, then moved to the same post at the Sunday Graphic

Sunday Graphic

The Sunday Graphic was an English tabloid newspaper published in Fleet Street.The newspaper was founded in 1915 as the Sunday Herald and was later renamed the Illustrated Sunday Herald. In 1927 it changed its name to the Sunday Graphic, becoming the sister paper of the Daily Graphic. In 1931 it...

and then the Daily Sketch

Daily Sketch

The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper, founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton.It was bought in 1920 by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mirror Newspapers but in 1925 Rothermere offloaded it to William and Gomer Berry The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper,...

. In 1938, he was appointed editor of the Sunday Dispatch

Sunday Dispatch

The Sunday Dispatch was a British newspaper, published between 27 September 1801 and 1961. Until 1928, it was called the Weekly Dispatch.-History:...

, holding the post until 1957.

Outside his editorial roles, Eade was an early radio sports commentator

Sports commentator

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 from 1932 to 1938, while during World War II

World War II

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 he was public relations

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 advisor to Louis Mountbatten

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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. From 1942, he edited Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

's speeches for publication, and in 1953, he edited Churchill by his Contemporaries.

Eade was appointed as a director of Associated Newspapers

Associated Newspapers

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 in 1947. He served on the Press Council for a year from 1956, and ni his last years, he was a member of the council of the Commonwealth Press Union

Commonwealth Press Union

-Commonwealth Press Union :The Commonwealth Press Union was an association composed of 750 members in 49 countries, including newspaper groups , individual newspapers, and news agencies throughout the Commonwealth of Nations...

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