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Sir Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford CVO (24 November 1902 – 18 May 1983) was an English journalist, historian, writer and politician. In the 1930s, he completed the editing of the standard edition of the diaries of Charles Greville. From the 1930s to the 1960s, he wrote several important biographies and other works. Between 1964 and 1981 he edited five volumes of letters between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal. He was President of the Liberal Party from 1964 to 1965. ==Life and career== Fulford was the younger son of Canon Frederick John Fulford, vicar of Flaxley, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Emily Constance née Ellis.〔Hart-Davis, Rupert, ("Fulford, Sir Roger Thomas Baldwin (1902–1983)", ) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,'' Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2008, accessed 22 November 2008]〕 Fulford was educated at Lancing College and Worcester College, Oxford University. In 1932, he qualified as a barrister, but never practised law. From 1933, Fulford was a journalist with ''The Times,'' where he remained for many years.〔''The Times'' obituary, 19 May 1983, p. 14〕 From 1937 to 1948, he was a part-time lecturer in English at King's College London.〔("Fulford, Sir Roger (Thomas Baldwin)", ) ''Who Was Who, 1920–2007'', A & C Black, London; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 23 November 2008〕 From 1941 to 1942, Fulford worked in MI-5 F4.〔Pincher, "Treachery," Random House, New York〕 From 1942 to 1945, he was assistant private secretary to Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Secretary of State for Air.〔 He stood as a Liberal Party candidate in three general elections: in 1929, he came second at Woodbridge; in 1945, he came third at Holderness; and, in 1950, he came third at Rochdale. In 1964–65, he was party president.〔 For Penguin Books he wrote ''The Liberal Case'' for the general election of 1959, published alongside the contributions of Lord Hailsham and Roy Jenkins for the other two national parties. ''The Times'' called Fulford's piece "a highly civilised credo".〔 In 1970, he was appointed C.V.O.. In 1980, he was knighted in 1980.〔 In 1937, Fulford married Sibell Eleanor Maud née Adeane, widow of the Hon. Edward James Kay-Shuttleworth (d. 1917) and of the Rev. Hon. Charles Frederick Lyttelton (d. 1931).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp56123/sibell-eleanor-maud-nee-adeane-lady-fulford )〕 There were no children.〔 Fulford was a member of The Literary Society and a committee member of the London Library.〔Hart-Davis, letters of 29 May and 15 September 1957〕 Fulford died at his home, Barbon Manor, near Carnforth, aged 80.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger Fulford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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