Jocelyn Stevens, Born 1932
newspaper man and public servant
Sir Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens, CVO (14 February 1932 – 9 October 2014) was the publisher of Queen magazine and a London newspaper executive. He was also Rector of the Royal College of Art, and Chairman of English Heritage. Stevens attended Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, and Sandhurst, where he won the Sword of Honour. He went on to do national service in the Rifle Brigade. He built a career in journalism and publishing. In 1957 he bought the British high society publication The Queen, which he revamped. In the 1960s he provided financial backing for the first British pirate radio station Radio Caroline. In the 1960s–1970s he was named as managing director of the Evening Standard and Daily Express newspapers.Stevens was son of Major Charles Greville Bartlett Stevens and his first wife Betty, daughter of the publisher Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet and his second wife, the music hall artist, actress and singer Millicent Warris, known by the stage name Millie Lindon.
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