Edward Luce

Edward Luce (born 1 June 1968) is an English journalist and the Financial Times chief US commentator and columnist based in Washington, D.C. Before that he was the Financial Times' Washington bureau chief, and South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi.[1]

For the American cartoonist, see Ed Luce.

The Honourable

Edward Luce
Luce in 2012
Born (1968-06-01) 1 June 1968
Sussex, England
OccupationAuthor, journalist
NationalityBritish
EducationNew College, Oxford
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectAmerican politics and economics, India
SpousePriya Basu
ParentsRichard Luce, Baron Luce
Relatives Sir William Luce (grandfather)
Sir David Luce (great-uncle)
Trevylyan Napier (great-grandfather)
Miranda Hart (cousin)
Luce at the Halifax International Security Forum 2017

Early life and education

Luce is the son of Rose Helen (née Nicholson) and Richard Luce, Baron Luce.[2][3] 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 Sir David Luce, First Sea Lord (1963–1966). His maternal great-grandfather was Trevylyan Napier, who was the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station (1919–1920). His first cousin is actress Miranda Hart.[1]

He 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.[4]

Career

His first job was as a correspondent for The Guardian in Geneva, Switzerland.[4] He 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 speech writer for Lawrence Summers, then U.S. Treasury Secretary (1999–2001) during the Clinton administration.[1][5]

Published works
  • Luce, Edward (January 2011). In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0349123462.
  • Luce, Edward (May 2013). Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802121431.
  • Luce, Edward (April 2018). The Retreat of Western Liberalism. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802128195.

Personal life

Luce is married to New Delhi-raised Priya Basu.[6]

References
  1. "Edward Luce". Financial Times.
  2. "Person Page".
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
  4. "Edward Luce: Chief US Commentator, Financial Times". cityage.org. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017.
  5. "Myths large and small". The Economist. 26 May 2012.
  6. Rosen, Rana (20 December 2007). "Priya Basu - She lobbies governments to ensure that the poor have a chance". Livemint.

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