John Cowburn Morgan Beavan, Baron Ardwick (19 April 1910 – 18 August 1994) was a British journalist.
Beavan was reporter of the Manchester Evening News becoming its editor in 1943. Between 1946 and 1955, he was London editor of The Guardian.[1] He was political advisor to the Mirror Group.
On 16 January 1970, he was created a life peer as Baron Ardwick, of Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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| Preceded by Douglas Machray |
Editor of the Daily Herald 1962–1964 |
Succeeded by Sydney Jacobson |