Sir Denis Hamilton; Former Chairman of News Agency
Sir Denis Hamilton, a former chairman of the Reuters news agency and a leading figure in the British newspaper industry, died Thursday at the age of 69.
Hamilton, former editor-in-chief of Times Newspapers Ltd., which includes the Times of London, died at his home in London after a long illness. The cause of death was not given.
Among other innovations, he was credited with introducing into British journalism the color magazine supplement, now a feature of all the big national weekly newspapers.
Hamilton, also a former chairman of the British Museum and recipient of a knighthood in 1976 for his services to the arts, began as a reporter on the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette in northern England in 1936.
An influential figure in British newspapers for more than four decades, Hamilton was also the first president from 1978 until 1983 of the International Press Institute, an organization of more than 200 editors and publishers.
Hamilton was chairman of Reuters from 1979 to 1985 during the British-based agency’s expansion of its financial news services.
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