Andreas Whittam Smith
Sir Andreas Whittam Smith | |
|---|---|
| First Church Estates Commissioner | |
| In office 6 March 2002 – June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | John Sclater |
| Succeeded by | Loretta Minghella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1937 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England |
| Died | 29 November 2025 (aged 88) |
| Profession | Journalist Newspaper editor |
| Known for | Co-founder of The Independent |
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Sir Andreas Whittam Smith (13 June 1937 – 29 November 2025) was an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor. He was a onetime president of the British Board of Film Classification.