Edward Luce
{{short description|English journalist}}
{{for|the American cartoonist|Ed Luce}}
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| name = Edward Luce
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| birth_name = Edward Geoffrey Luce
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|6|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sussex, England
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| occupation = Author, journalist
| employer = Financial Times
The Guardian
| genre = Non-fiction
| education = Lancing College
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| subject = American politics and economics, India
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- {{marriage |Priya Basu||2015|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Niamh King|2017}}}}
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| relatives = William Luce (grandfather)
David Luce (great-uncle)
Trevylyan Napier (great-grandfather)
Miranda Hart (cousin)
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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.[http://video.pbs.org/video/2224840303/ Ed Luce on PBS NewsHour]{{C-SPAN|1022974}}{{twitter}}
Early life
Luce is the son of Rose Helen (born Nicholson) and Richard Luce, Baron Luce.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 {{ISBN missing}} His father served as Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2006, 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 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 admiral David Luce served as First Sea Lord from 1963 to 1966. His maternal great-grandfather is vice-admiral Trevylyan Napier, who served as Commander-in-Chief in the America and West Indies Station from 1919 to 1920. His first cousin is actress Miranda Hart.
Education
Luce was educated at various private boarding schools in Sussex, latterly at Lancing College,{{cite web|first=Andrew |last=Page|url=https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Andrew%20Page%20Speech_Sandersons_0.pdf|title=Sanderson's Dinner, 10th October 2015, Lancing College|publisher=Lancing College|date=2015|accessdate=2025-01-13|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126172328/https://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/sites/default/files/inline-files/Andrew%20Page%20Speech_Sandersons_0.pdf|archivedate=2025-01-26|website=lancingcollege.co.uk}} near the coastal village of Lancing. He graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in 1990 from the University of Oxford where he was an undergraduate student at New College, Oxford. He subsequently{{when|date=February 2025}} received a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Edward Luce: Chief US Commentator, Financial Times |newspaper=cityage.org|date= |url= http://www.itif.org/people/edward-luce|accessdate=| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730223045/http://cityage.org/project/edward-luce-chief-us-commentator-financial-times/| archive-date=July 30, 2017}}
Career
Between 1993 and 1994, Luce was a correspondent for The Guardian in Geneva, Switzerland.
Luce joined the Financial Times in 1995 and initially reported from the Philippines, 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 administration of Bill Clinton.{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/21555884|title=Myths large and small|newspaper=The Economist|date=26 May 2012}}
Luce was the Financial Times
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.
=Publications=
- In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
- Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent{{cite book | first=Edward | last=Luce | title=Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent | publisher=Grove Press| year= 2013 | isbn=978-0802121431|oclc=847780946}}
- The Retreat of Western Liberalism{{cite book | title=The Retreat of Western Liberalism | first=Edward | last=Luce | year=2018 | isbn=978-0802128195|oclc=1038065132 | publisher=Grove Press}}
Personal life
Luce was married to Priya Basu,{{when|date=February 2025}} the World Bank’s lead economist for South Asia; they divorced in March 2015. Luce subsequently married Niamh King, a director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the Aspen Security Forum, in June 2017 in Chicago.{{Cite web|first= Rana|last= Rosen |authorlink= |title=Priya Basu - She lobbies governments to ensure that the poor have a chance|website=livemint.com |publisher=Livemint|date=December 20, 2007 |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/MpJ75tSF41dFhFq7KNZKwJ/Priya-Basu--She-lobbies-governments-to-ensure-the-poor-have.html |accessdate=}}{{Cite web|first= O'Gorman|last= Thomas |authorlink= |title=The Healing Power of Kindness and Food |website=insideonline.com|date=June 14, 2017|url=https://www.insideonline.com/uploads/1/8/1/9/18193947/06.14.17_skyline_web.pdf |accessdate=March 13, 2023}}
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Category:Alumni of City, University of London
Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford
Category:British non-fiction writers
Category:English male journalists
Category:Financial Times people