Edward Cyril Castle, Baron Castle, (5 May 1907 – 26 December 1979) was a British journalist and Labour Party politician. Between 1975 and 1979 he was a member of the European Parliament. He was married to Barbara Castle, a member of the House of Commons for 34 years.
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Early life
Castle, the son of Frederick J Castle of Foxcombe Hill, Oxford, attended Abingdon School from 1918 to 1920 as well as Portsmouth Grammar School and, after completing his school education, began working as a journalist.
Journalistic career
Castle became news editor at the Manchester Evening News in 1932 before leaving in 1943 to become the night editor for the Daily Mirror.
During this time he met the young Labour politician Barbara Anne Betts, whom he married in July 1944.
In 1944 he became deputy editor-in-chief of the Picture Post and, later, its editor and publisher, before being succeeded by Tom Hopkinson.