This week, in the "Daily Telegraph" of 19 May 2003, Lord Deedes, in the
process of recounting a personal anecdote about the Kiplings, says:
'Kipling is a hero of mine, having been, among other things, a director of
the old "Morning Post" in my early days on that newspaper'.
Does anyone know if Kipling was in fact a director?
I have found nothing in Gilmour to suggest this, and Lycett (p.715 of the
paperback) says that 'Rudyard does not appear to have put money directly
into the paper, but was soon peppering the board members with ideas',
which is not indicate that he was a director himself.
With best regards
David Page
Harrow UK
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