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+ | '''Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL''' was a [[UK]] [[journalist]] and [[author]]. | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
He attended [[Millbrook School]], where he befriended [[William F. Buckley]], who remained a lifelong friend. | He attended [[Millbrook School]], where he befriended [[William F. Buckley]], who remained a lifelong friend. |
Revision as of 08:49, 20 December 2019
Alistair Horne (journalist) | |
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Born | 1925-11-09 London |
Died | 25 May 2017 (Age 91) |
Nationality | UK |
Spouse | Sheelin Horne |
Member of | Königswinter/Speakers, Le Cercle |
Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL was a UK journalist and author.
Background
He attended Millbrook School, where he befriended William F. Buckley, who remained a lifelong friend.
World War II
Horne served in the Royal Air Force in 1943–44 and the Coldstream Guards from 1944–1947.
Career
Horne worked as a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph from 1952 to 1955.
Horne was offered the authorship of Henry Kissinger's official biography but declined, opting instead to write a volume on one year in Kissinger's life (Kissinger: 1973, The Crucial Year, published in 2009.
Deep political connections
He attended Le Cercle.
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