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Frank Branston : ウィキペディア英語版 | Frank Branston
Frank Branston (9 May 1939 – 14 August 2009) was a journalist, novelist and newspaper proprietor, and the first directly elected mayor of the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. ==Early life and career== Frank Branston was born in Retford, Nottinghamshire, brought up in Chelsea, west London, and educated at Sloane Grammar School, Chelsea leaving in 1955 aged 16. He had been married to the German-born Marlies since 1968, and was the father of two children, Naomi (a lawyer) and Antonia (marketing). Prior to entering politics he was a journalist, although he was for a while a member of the Labour Party in the 1970s. In 1974 he was the first weekly newspaper owner to be honoured in national press awards. After launching his own newspapers he also received a number of other awards. Branston was the owner of five local newspapers, Bedfordshire on Sunday, 'Luton on Sunday', 'Hertfordshire on Sunday', 'Leighton Buzzard on Sunday' and the 'Milton Keynes News', with a total distribution approaching 400,000. He and his wife sold their 88% stake in the newspapers in 2005.〔(Bedford Today - Sunday newspaper group is sold off )〕 He was also the author of two novels, "Sergeant Ritchie's Conscience" (1978) and "An Up and Coming Man" (1977).〔(NLA Catalogue listing )〕
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