Francis Beckett

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Francis Beckett
Born	(1945-05-12) 12 May 1945 (age 79) Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation(s)	Journalist, author and contemporary historian
Known for	Biographies of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown
Website	francisbeckett.co.uk

Francis Beckett (born 12 May 1945) is an English author, journalist, biographer, and contemporary historian. He has written biographies of Aneurin Bevan, Clement Attlee, Harold Macmillan, Gordon Brown^[1] and Tony Blair. He has also written on education for the New Statesman, The Guardian and The Independent and is the editor of Third Age Matters, the national magazine published by the University of the Third Age. Beckett has been described as "an Old Labour romantic" by Guardian associate editor Michael White.^[1]