Patrick Sergeant

Patrick Sergeant
Born
Patrick John Rushton Sergeant

(1924-03-17)17 March 1924
Kent, England
Died18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 100)
OccupationJournalist
Years active1945–2018
Known forEuromoney
SpouseGillian Anne Wilks
Children2

Sir Patrick John Rushton Sergeant (17 March 1924 – 18 September 2024) was a British journalist, investor and businessman who was the founder of Euromoney Institutional Investor. Previously, he served as the City Editor of the Daily Mail from 1960 to 1984.[1]

Early life and education

Patrick Sergeant was born on 17 March 1924 in King's Down, Kent.[2] He was the son of George Sergeant, a coal merchant, and Rene Sergeant, a converted Roman Catholic.[3] He attended Beaumont College after his mother insisted on it over his father's preference for Harrow.[3]

Career

During World War II, Sergeant served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) from 1945 to 1948, where he was stationed on corvettes.[2][3] After his military service, Sergeant joined Mullens & Co. a stockbroking firm and the official government broker in the bond market, with assistance from his aunt.[3] He began his career as a messenger, a role he described as menial. His transition to journalism occurred after meeting Oscar Hobson, the City editor of the News Chronicle which he joined as a reporter in 1948.[2] In 1953, he joined the Daily Mail, where he became joint deputy City editor.[3] His writing led to a regular column on his travels in the Soviet Union, which was later expanded into the book Another Road to Samarkand (1955).[3] He worked for the Daily Mail until 1984.[2] Later, he served as a director of Daily Mail and General Trust Plc from 1992 to 2004.[4]

In 1969, with financial backing from Viscount Rothermere, Sergeant launched Euromoney.[3] In 1984, Sergeant was knighted by then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.[3]

Sergeant took retirement from the board of Euromoney in 2018.[5]

Writing

Sergeant authored several financial publications, including Money Matters (1967) and The Inflation Fighters Handbook (1976).[3] In 1979, he received the Wincott Award for Financial Journalist of the Year.[3]

Personal life and death

Sergeant lived in The Grove, Highgate from 1961.[6][3] He was married to Gillian Anne Wilks, a nurse-turned-artist from Cape Town, and they had two daughters, including Emma.[7]

Sergeant turned 100 on 17 March 2024,[6] and died on 18 September.[8] He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.[9]

References

  1. ^ "My Mentor: Patience Wheatcroft On Sir Patrick Sergeant". Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Attard, Bernard (28 January 2011). "London Stock Exchange oral history: interview with Sir Patrick Sergeant". Centre for Metropolitan History.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sir Patrick, Sergeant. "Obituary". The Times. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Patrick John Rushton SERGEANT personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  5. ^ InPublishing. "Sir Patrick Sergeant retires from Euromoney board".
  6. ^ a b Nevéus, Ingmar; Lundborg, Beatrice (12 May 2024). "Oligarkerna i London kämpar för att få behålla sina lyxbostäder" [Oligarchs in London struggle to keep their luxury homes]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
  7. ^ "Emma's brush with marriage". 16 November 1996. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Sir Patrick Sergeant, giant of financial journalism who founded the Euromoney magazine empire". The Telegraph. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  9. ^ Sergeant, Patrick. "Highgate Cemetery". Burial Grounds. Retrieved 8 February 2026.

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