Archibald Hugh Tennent Chisholm, CBE (August 17, 1902 – November 22, 1992) was a British oil executive and journalist who was editor of the Financial Times between 1937 and 1940.
Journalism and Second World War
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His journalistic career began after his graduation, and he spent two years as a correspondent in London and New York for the Wall Street Journal.[1]
After the oil industry Chisholm returned to journalism as a leader writer for the Financial Times and became its editor in 1937; a position he held until 1940. It was under Chisholm's editorship that the first City of London gossip column of financial news was created, called "Men and Matters".[1]
Chisholm joined the British Army in 1940 during the Second World War; serving in intelligence in the Middle East.[1] Chisholm had attained the rank of Colonel by the end of the war and was Mentioned in dispatches twice.[1] He became friends with the novelist Alec Waugh during his intelligence work in the war and the pair would frequently dine at the MCC in later years.[1]
He received the CBE as part of the Military Division in the 1946 New Year Honours.[1]
Chisholm married Josephine Goudge, they married at St John-at-Hampstead in October 1939.[3] The couple had a daughter and son. Goudge died in 1983.[1] Chisholm moved to No. 4 Gainsborough Gardens in Hampstead in 1947.[4] The Times wrote in his obituary that Chisholm was 'Tall, distinguished, scholarly [and] urbane" and that he was "never happier" than when he entertained friends in The Savoy Grill, with each meal there starting with pink champagne.[1]
Selected publications
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- The First Kuwait Oil Concession Agreement: A Record of the Negotiations 1911-1934