Andrew Osmond (satirist)
British diplomat and satirist (1938–1999)
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Andrew Philip Kingsford Osmond (16 March 1938 – 14 April 1999)[1] was a British diplomat, novelist and one of the co-founders of Private Eye magazine in 1961.[1]
Born in Barnoldby-le-Beck, Lincolnshire,[2] on 16 March 1938, Osmond was the son of Kingsford Osmond, a scion of a well-known Lincolnshire farming family. Educated at Harrow School and Brasenose College, Oxford (1961), Osmond joined the Foreign Office in 1962, being posted first to West Africa – where he met Douglas Hurd – then subsequently Rome.
He gave Private Eye its name, but had sold the majority of his shares less than a year after its launch.[3] He returned to the Eye as managing director in 1969, increasing sales by 160% during his four-year tenure.[1]
Published works
- Send Him Victorious (1968) with Douglas Hurd[4]
- The Smile on the Face of the Tiger (1969) with Douglas Hurd[4]
- Scotch on the Rocks[5] (1971) with Douglas Hurd[4]
- Harris in Wonderland: By Philip Reid[2] (pseudonym of Richard Ingrams and Andrew Osmond) 1973
- Saladin! (1975)[4]
- Plenty[6]