Peter Dacre

{{Short description|British journalist (1925–2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Dacre | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 8 June 1925 | birth_place = | death_date = 16 March 2003 (aged 77) | death_place = | education = Batley Grammar School | occupation = Journalist | spouse = | children = 5, including Paul Dacre | relatives = James Dacre (grandson)<br/>Dai Jenkins (stepfather) }}

'''Peter Dacre''' (8 June 1925 – 16 March 2003) was a journalist on the ''Sunday Express'' whose work included show business features.<ref name="telegraphobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1425528/Peter-Dacre.html|title=Peter Dacre|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 Mar 2003| accessdate = 11 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="British Journalism Review">Bill Hagerty [http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2002/no3_hagerty2.htm "Paul Dacre: the zeal thing"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121224103629/http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2002/no3_hagerty2.htm |date=24 December 2012 }}, ''British Journalism Review'', Vol. 13, No. 3, 2002, pp. 11-22. Retrieved 25 May 2007.</ref> He was a former chairman of the London Press Club.<ref name=timesobit>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/peter-dacre-hd0h7lclwk3|title=Peter Dacre: Versatile journalist of the old school, with a flair for showbusiness | work = The Times | date = 19 March 2003 | access-date = 11 June 2018}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

==Early life== Peter Dacre was born 8 June 1925 in Yorkshire, the son of a carpenter and joiner father who died in a building site accident when he was six. His mother later married the Welsh international rugby player Dai Jenkins.<ref name="telegraphobit"/> He was educated at Batley Grammar School.<ref name="telegraphobit"/>

==Career== Dacre's first job was at the ''Doncaster Gazette'', shortly after leaving school at the age of 16.<ref name="telegraphobit"/> According to Michael White in ''The Guardian'', Dacre spent World War II writing show business journalism.<ref>{{cite news|last=White|first=Michael|url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/01/conservative-conference-miliband-mail-thatcher | title = Conservative conference diary: what were you doing on D-day? | work = The Guardian | date = 1 October 2013 }}</ref> His obituary in ''The Times'' reports him as writing for the ''News Review'' at the age of 19,<ref name=timesobit/> and his obituary in ''The Daily Telegraph'' confirms that he worked on the ''News Review'' around that time.<ref name="telegraphobit"/> He worked with the ''Sunday Express'' for over forty years, and was the first English journalist to interview Elvis Presley.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Addison|first=Adrian|title=Mail Men: The Unauthorized Story of the Daily Mail|publisher=Atlantic Books|year=2017|isbn=978-1-78239-970-4|location=United Kingdom|pages=216}}</ref>

==Personal life== Dacre was the father of the British journalists Nigel and Paul from his first marriage to Joan Hill.<ref name=timesobit/> Later, in September 1979, Dacre married Ann Elizabeth Jarvis; both of his wives survived him.<ref name="telegraphobit"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Addison|first=Adrian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DyB2DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT385|title=Mail Men: The Unauthorized Story of the Daily Mail - The Paper that Divided and Conquered Britain|location=London|publisher=Atlantic Books|year=2017|page=385|isbn=9781782399711}} (paperback edition)</ref>

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