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Born in Bristol , he began his career at '' The Financial Times '', before moving to '' The Sunday Times ''. He was Conservative candidate for the seat of Chester-le-Street in a By-election on September 27 , 1956 , losing to Labour candidate Norman Pentland by 21,287 votes. Rees-Mogg served as editor of '' The Times '' newspaper from 1967 to 1981 , and still writes comment for the paper. In July 1967 Rees-Mogg wrote the famous editorial '' Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel? '' defending Mick Jagger following the Redlands arrests and attacking the UK laws on Cannabis usage. He also was on the BBC 's Board Of Governors and a chairman of the Arts Council . He was made a Life Peer in 1988 as Baron Rees-Mogg, of Hinton Blewitt in the County of Avon, and sits in the House Of Lords as a Cross-bencher . He is currently a member of the European Reform Forum . Rees-Mogg is author of '' The Sovereign Individual '', '' The Great Reckoning '', and '' Blood In The Streets '', all three co-authored with James Dale Davidson . Rees-Mogg's stand on drugs led to him being satirised by '' Private Eye '' as "Mogadon Man". His youngest daughter, The Honourable Annunziata Rees-Mogg, stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the 2005 general election. His son Jacob has also stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Conservative party in the 1997 and 2001 general elections. SEE ALSO
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