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- Peter Jay was born on February 7, 1937 in London, England, UK. He was married to Emma Bettina Thornton and Margaret Jay. He died on September 22, 2024 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- SpousesEmma Bettina Thornton(1986 - September 22, 2024) (his death, 3 children)Margaret Jay(1961 - 1986) (divorced, 3 children)
- Broadcaster, economist and diplomat. The son of Douglas Jay and his first wife Peggy Jay. He presented "Weekend World" for LWT, prior to his appointment as the British Ambassador to Washington in 1977. His first father-in-law was the former British Prime Minister James Callaghan. He later served the late Robert Maxwell as his Chief of Staff and the BBC as its Economic editor.
- Educated at the Dragon School in Oxford before, like his father and grandfather before him, going on to Winchester.
- Served in the Royal Navy.
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