Richard Ingrams
| Richard Ingrams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Reid Ingrams 19 August 1937 Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Aldworth, Berkshire, England |
| Education | Shrewsbury School |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist, Author, Satirist |
| Spouse(s) | Sara Soudain (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Leonard St Clair Ingrams and Victoria "Née" Reid |
Richard Reid Ingrams (born 19 August 1937 in Chelsea, London) is an English journalist, a co-founder and second editor of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, and founding editor of The Oldie magazine. He left the latter job at the end of May 2014.
Ingrams's parents were Leonard St Clair Ingrams and Victoria née Reid (daughter of Sir James Reid), who had three other sons, including the banker and opera impresario Leonard Ingrams (1941–2005). Ingrams was educated at the independent preparatory school West Downs in Winchester, Hampshire, followed by Shrewsbury School, where he met Willie Rushton and edited the school magazine. Before attending Oxford, he did his National Service in the army ranks after failing his interview for officer training, something which was unusual for someone from his background at the time. At University College, Oxford, where he read Classics, he shared tutorials with Robin Butler, later Cabinet Secretary and sometimes referred to as a "pillar of the Establishment". More importantly, he met Paul Foot, another former Shrewsbury pupil not yet the left-wing radical he became, who was to be a lifelong friend, and whose biography Ingrams wrote after Foot's early death.
Along with several other Old Salopians, including Willie Rushton, Ingrams founded Private Eye in 1962, taking over the editorship from Christopher Booker in 1963. It was a classic case, he claimed on Desert Island Discs in 2008, of the "old boy network". Private Eye was part of the satire boom of the early 1960s, which included the television show That Was The Week That Was, for which Ingrams wrote, and The Establishment nightclub, run by Peter Cook. When Private Eye ran into financial problems Cook was able to gain a majority shareholding on the proceeds of his brief but financially successful venture.
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