Sir Christopher Chancellor; Reuters Moving Force
Sir Christopher Chancellor, 85, who spent 29 years with Reuters and was general manager of the news agency from 1944 to 1959. Chancellor joined Reuters in 1930 and 18 months later was sent to the Far East as general manager and chief correspondent. Based in Shanghai from 1931 to 1939, he kept the agency’s China service operating after the Japanese invasion in 1932. In London during World War II, Chancellor helped reorganize Reuters’ news and business operations. He took sole charge in 1944. Chancellor, knighted in 1951, left Reuters for the Odhams publishing group.On Saturday in Wincanton, England.
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