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]
Early life and education
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]
Career
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]
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 was married to New Delhi-raised Priya Basu (World Bank’s lead economist for South Asia); they divorced in March 2015. He married Niamh King (Director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the Aspen Security Forum) in June 2017 in Chicago .[6] [7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Edward Luce". Financial Times.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
- ^ a b "Edward Luce: Chief US Commentator, Financial Times". cityage.org. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Myths large and small". The Economist. 26 May 2012.
- ^ Luce, Edward (2007). In Spite of The Gods: The Rise of Modern India (1st Anchor Books ed.). New York: Anchor Books. p. i. ISBN 978-1-4000-7977-3.
- ^ Rosen, Rana (20 December 2007). "Priya Basu - She lobbies governments to ensure that the poor have a chance". Livemint.
- ^ Thomas, O'Gorman (14 June 2017). "The Healing Power of Kindness and Food" (PDF). insideonline.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
External links
Media related to Edward Luce at Wikimedia Commons
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