Cyril Lear
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Cyril Lear
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Cyril James Lear was a British newspaper editor. Lear grew up in Plymouth, where he attended the Hoe Grammar School. He went into journalism and worked at the Western Morning News from 1928, moving to the Torquay Times in 1932, the Daily Mail in 1934 and The Daily Telegraph in 1938. During World War II, he served as a rifleman with the Queen's Westminsters, before obtaining a commission as a major in the Royal Berkshire Regiment. After the war, he was employed by the News of the World, rising to
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British newspaper editor (1911–1987)
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