Patrick Sergeant
Patrick Sergeant | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patrick John Rushton Sergeant March 17, 1924 |
| Died | September 18, 2024 (aged 100) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1945–2018 |
| Known for | Euromoney |
| Spouse | Gillian Anne Wilks |
| Children | 2 |
Sir Patrick John Rushton Sergeant (17 March 1924 – 18 September 2024) was a British journalist, investor and businessman who was the founder of Euromoney Institutional Investor. Previously, he served as the City Editor of the Daily Mail from 1960 to 1984.[1]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Patrick Sergeant was born on 17 March 1924 in King's Down, Kent.[2] He was the son of George Sergeant, a coal merchant, and Rene Sergeant, a converted Roman Catholic.[3] He attended Beaumont College after his mother insisted on it over his father's preference for Harrow.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]During World War II, Sergeant served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) from 1945 to 1948, where he was stationed on corvettes.[2][3] After his military service, Sergeant joined Mullens & Co. a stockbroking firm and the official government broker in the bond market, with assistance from his aunt.[3] He began his career as a messenger, a role he described as menial. His transition to journalism occurred after meeting Oscar Hobson, the City editor of the News Chronicle which he joined as a reporter in 1948.[2] In 1953, he joined the Daily Mail, where he became joint deputy City editor.[3] His writing led to a regular column on his travels in the Soviet Union, which was later expanded into the book Another Road to Samarkand (1955).[3] He worked for the Daily Mail until 1984.[2] Later, he served as a director of Daily Mail and General Trust Plc from 1992 to 2004.[4]
In 1969, with financial backing from Viscount Rothermere, Sergeant launched Euromoney.[3] In 1984, Sergeant was knighted by then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[3]
Sergeant took retirement from the board of Euromoney in 2018.[5]
Writing
[edit | edit source]Sergeant authored several financial publications, including Money Matters (1967) and The Inflation Fighters Handbook (1976).[3] In 1979, he received the Wincott Award for Financial Journalist of the Year.[3]
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]Sergeant lived in The Grove, Highgate from 1961.[6][3] He was married to Gillian Anne Wilks, a nurse-turned-artist from Cape Town, and they had two daughters: Emma and Harriet.[7]
Sergeant turned 100 on 17 March 2024,[6] and died on 18 September.[8]
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