Edward Luce | |
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Born | Edward Geoffrey Luce 1 June 1968 Sussex, England |
Occupation | Author, journalist |
Education | New College, Oxford |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Subject | American politics and economics, India |
Spouse | Niamh King |
Parents | Richard Luce, Baron Luce |
Relatives | Sir William Luce (grandfather) Sir David Luce (great-uncle) Sir Trevylyan Napier (great-grandfather) Miranda Hart (cousin) |
Edward Geoffrey Luce (born 1 June 1968) is an English journalist and the Financial Times chief US commentator and columnist based in Washington, D.C. [1]
Luce is the son of Rose Helen (born Nicholson) and Richard Luce, Baron Luce. [2] His father is the former Lord Chamberlain to the Queen (2000 to 2006), former Governor of Gibraltar, a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) (1971 to 1992), government minister, and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. His paternal grandfather is Sir William Luce, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden, Political Resident in the Gulf and Special Representative to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Home) for Gulf Affairs. His great-uncle is admiral Sir David Luce, First Sea Lord (1963–1966). His maternal great-grandfather is vice-admiral Sir Trevylyan Napier, who was the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station (1919–1920). His first cousin is actress Miranda Hart. [1]
Luce completed his secondary education at various boarding schools around Sussex, graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from New College, Oxford, in 1990, and received a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University, London. [3]
Between 1993 and 1994, Luce was a correspondent for The Guardian in Geneva, Switzerland. [3]
Luce joined the Financial Times in 1995 and initially reported from the Philippines, [1] after which he took a one-year sabbatical working in Washington, D.C., as speechwriter for Lawrence Summers, then U.S. Treasury Secretary (1999–2001) during the Clinton administration. [1] [4]
Luce was the Financial Times's Washington bureau chief and South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi before he became the paper's chief US commentator and columnist. [1] He was the Financial Times's South Asia bureau chief from 2001 to 2006. [5]
Luce is also the author, along with colleague Rana Foroohar, of the weekly Swamp Notes newsletter, which covers the intersection of money, power, and politics in America. [1]
Luce was married to New Delhi-raised Priya Basu; they divorced in March 2015. He married Niamh King in June 2017 in Chicago . [6] [7]
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