Identity area
Reference code
OBS/6/1/1/2/2/10/1/6
Title
Independent Directors
Date(s)
- 1981-1993 (Creation)
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1 file
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Scope and content
Independent Director's role was established after an enquiry by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission into the purchase of The Observer by Lonrho. Their role was to protect the editorial freedom of the newspaper.
Correspondence mainly relates to arrangements for meetings and lunches, preserving editorial independence, and role of Independent Directors.
Correspondents include Donald Trelford, Sir Derek Mitchell, Lord David Windlesham, William Kenneth Clark, Sir Geoffrey Cox, Dame Rosemary Murray, Robert Low.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some material in this series is closed to researchers in line with Data Protection Act
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: Mainly Guardian News & Media
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Open
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- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Hennessy; David James George (1932-); 3rd Baron Windlesham; politician and broadcasting executive (Subject)
- Cox; Sir; Geoffrey Sandford (1910-2008); journalist (Subject)
- Low; Robert; journalist (Subject)
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Catalogued