Geordie Greig
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Geordie Greig was born in London in 1960. Greig is the editor of Tatler magazine. He attended Eton College and St Peter's College, Oxford. Greig's great-grandfather was Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton, and members of his father's family have been royal courtiers for three generations.
Greig worked for the South East London and Deptford Mercury newspaper, the Daily Mail and Sunday Today, before joining the Sunday Times in 1987. He became the editor of Tatler in 1999. In this position, Greig is also known as a social commentator and discerner of trends in London society.
In addition to his editorial duties, Greig has literary interests, for instance being an admirer of the work of Samuel Menashe and Anthony Trollope.
On May 1, 2005, The Observer newspaper termed Greig "Britain's most connected man".
Greig is also Vice-President of Kitab, the annual British-Indian Literary and Media Festival.
He is married to Kathryn Terry, who is originally from Texas; the Greigs have three children, Jasper, and a pair of twins Octavia and Monaco.
[edit] External links
- "The Entertaining Mr. Sloane", The Observer Magazine
- "Class Act", The Guardian
- "Geordie Greig: Telling tales on high society", The Independent
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