Edward Luce

For the American cartoonist, see Ed Luce.

The Honourable Edward Luce
Luce in 2012
Born	Edward Geoffrey Luce (1968-06-01) 1 June 1968 (age 56) Sussex, England
Occupation	Author, journalist
Education	Lancing College
Alma mater	University of Oxford City, University of London
Genre	Non-fiction
Subject	American politics and economics, India
Employer(s)	Financial Times The Guardian
Spouse	Priya Basu ​ (div. 2015)​ Niamh King ​ (m. 2017)​
Parents	Richard Luce, Baron Luce
Relatives	William Luce (grandfather) David Luce (great-uncle) Trevylyan Napier (great-grandfather) Miranda Hart (cousin)

Luce at the Halifax International Security Forum 2017

Edward Geoffrey Luce (born 1 June 1968) is an English journalist and the Financial Times chief US commentator and columnist based in Washington, D.C. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Early life

Luce is the son of Rose Helen (born Nicholson) and Richard Luce, Baron Luce. ^[5] His father served as Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2006, Governor of Gibraltar, a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) (1971 to 1992), government minister, and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. His paternal grandfather is William Luce, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Aden, Political Resident in the Gulf and Special Representative to the Foreign Secretary (Lord Home) for Gulf Affairs. His great-uncle admiral David Luce served as First Sea Lord from 1963 to 1966. His maternal great-grandfather is vice-admiral Trevylyan Napier, who served as Commander-in-Chief in the America and West Indies Station from 1919 to 1920. His first cousin is actress Miranda Hart. ^[1]

Education

Luce was educated at various private boarding schools in Sussex, latterly at Lancing College, ^[6] near the coastal village of Lancing. He graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in 1990 from the University of Oxford where he was an undergraduate student at New College, Oxford. He subsequently^{[ when? ]} received a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City, University of London. ^[7]

Career

Between 1993 and 1994, Luce was a correspondent for The Guardian in Geneva, Switzerland. ^[7]

Luce joined the Financial Times in 1995 and initially reported from the Philippines, ^[1] after which he took a one-year sabbatical working in Washington, D.C., as speechwriter for Lawrence Summers, then U.S. Treasury Secretary (1999–2001) during the administration of Bill Clinton. ^{[1] [8]}

Luce was the Financial Times's Washington bureau chief and South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi before he became the paper's chief US commentator and columnist. ^[1] He served as the Financial Times South Asia bureau chief from 2001 to 2006. ^[9]

Luce is also the author, along with colleague Rana Foroohar, of the weekly Swamp Notes newsletter, which covers the intersection of money, power, and politics in America. ^[1]

Publications

• In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India ^[9]
• Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent ^[10]
• The Retreat of Western Liberalism ^[11]

Personal life

Luce was married to Priya Basu,^{[ when? ]} the World Bank’s lead economist for South Asia; they divorced in March 2015. Luce subsequently married Niamh King, a director of the Aspen Strategy Group and the Aspen Security Forum, in June 2017 in Chicago. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "Edward Luce". ft.com/edward-luce. Financial Times.
2. Ed Luce on PBS NewsHour
3. Appearances on C-SPAN
4. Edward Luce on Twitter
5. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 ^{[ ISBN missing ]}
6. Page, Andrew (2015). "Sanderson's Dinner, 10th October 2015, Lancing College" (PDF). lancingcollege.co.uk. Lancing College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
7. "Edward Luce: Chief US Commentator, Financial Times". cityage.org. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017.
8. "Myths large and small". The Economist . 26 May 2012.
9. Luce, Edward (2007). In Spite of The Gods: The Rise of Modern India (1st Anchor Books ed.). New York: Anchor Books. p. i. ISBN   978-1-4000-7977-3. OCLC   632079998.
10. Luce, Edward (2013). Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent. Grove Press. ISBN   978-0802121431. OCLC   847780946.
11. Luce, Edward (2018). The Retreat of Western Liberalism. Grove Press. ISBN   978-0802128195. OCLC   1038065132.
12. Rosen, Rana (20 December 2007). "Priya Basu - She lobbies governments to ensure that the poor have a chance". livemint.com. Livemint.
13. Thomas, O'Gorman (14 June 2017). "The Healing Power of Kindness and Food" (PDF). insideonline.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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