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Line 26: ==Career== Having begun his career as a reporter for the ''[[News Chronicle]]'' and the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', Wilson subsequently edited the ''[[~~Glasgow Times\|~~Glasgow Evening Times]]'', ''[[~~The Herald (Glasgow)\|~~The Glasgow Herald]]'' and ''The Scottish Sunday Standard'' from 1976 to 1982, before moving to London to work as deputy editor (1982–1985) and editor (1985–1990) of ''[[The Times]]''.<ref name = Times/> From 1992 to 1998 he was managing director of [[~~Reach~~Mirror Group ~~plc~~Newspapers\|Mirror Group plc]] (having been editorial director of the Group from 1991 to 1992). He was concurrently managing director and editor-in-chief of ''[[Sporting Life (British newspaper)\|The Sporting Life]]'' (1990–1998), and also edited ''[[The Independent]]'' for a brief spell (1995–1996).<ref name = Times/> Once a [[Royal Marines]] boxing champion, he was feared but respected by many of those who worked for him, among them [[Matthew Parris]], who cites him as an inspiration.<ref name="Parris">{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/my-mentor-matthew-parris-on-charles-wilson-20357.html\|title=My Mentor: Matthew Parris on Charles Wilson\|last=Parris\|first=Matthew\|date=15 November 2004\|work=[[The Independent]]\|location=London\|accessdate=30 September 2010}}</ref> American-born author [[Bill Bryson]], who worked at the ''Times'' during Wilson‘s ascension to editor, described him as "a terrifying Scotsman and a [[Rupert Murdoch\|Murdoch]] man through and through".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Bryson \|first=Bill \|title=Notes from a small island \|date=1999 \|publisher=Black Swan \|isbn=978-0-552-99600-6 \|series=A Black Swan book \|location=London \|pages=52}}</ref> Wilson, who oversaw a drastic cut in staff less than a year after his appointment (5250 workers, mostly from heavily [[National Graphical Association\|unionized]] segments of the workforce), was remembered for his forceful demeanour, with Bryson recalling his announcement of the restructuring plan thus: ''He said to us: 'We're sending ye tae [[Wapping]], ye soft, English nancies, and if ye wairk very, very hard and if ye doonae git on ma tits, then mebbe I'll not cut off yer knackers and put them in ma Christmas pudding. D'ye have any problems with tha'?' Or words to that effect.''<ref name=":0" /> ==Other activities== Line 38 ⟶ 41: ==Personal life and death== Wilson was married to the broadcaster and journalist [[Anne Robinson]] and they had a daughter, Emma.<ref name = Times/> He was later married to the journalist Sally O'Sullivan with whom he had a son, Luke, and a daughter, Lily. They divorced in 2001, and later that year, he married amateur jockey [[The Honourable\|Hon]] Rachel Pitkeathley, daughter of [[life peer]] [[~~Jill Pitkeathley, Baroness Pitkeathley\|~~Baroness Pitkeathley]].<ref name = Times/> Wilson died from blood cancer at [[The London Clinic]] on 31 August 2022, at the age of 87.<ref name = Times/><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/national/20875490.charles-wilson-former-editor-times-dies-aged-87/\|title=Charles Wilson, former editor of The Times, dies aged 87\|work=Chard and Ilminster News\|date=1 September 2022\|access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>

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