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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]

The Honourable Edward Luce
Luce in 2012
Born	Edward Geoffrey Luce (1968-06-01) 1 June 1968 (age 54) Sussex, England
Occupation	Author, journalist
Nationality	British
Education	New College, Oxford
Genre	Non-fiction
Subject	American politics and economics, India
Spouse	Priya Basu
Parents	Richard Luce, Baron Luce
Relatives	Sir William Luce (grandfather) Sir David Luce (great-uncle) Sir Trevylyan Napier (great-grandfather) Miranda Hart (cousin)

Early life and education

Luce is the son of Rose Helen (née Nicholson) and Richard Luce, Baron Luce.[2][3] His father is the former Lord Chamberlain to the Queen (2000 to 2006), former 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 Sir 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 is admiral Sir David Luce, First Sea Lord (1963–1966). His maternal great-grandfather is vice-admiral Sir Trevylyan Napier, who was the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station (1919–1920). His first cousin is actress Miranda Hart.[1]

Luce completed his secondary education at various boarding schools around Sussex, graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from New College, Oxford, in 1990, and received a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University, London.[4]

Career

Luce's first job was as a correspondent for The Guardian in Geneva, Switzerland.[4]

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 Clinton administration.[1][5]

Luce was the Financial Times' Washington bureau chief, and South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi before he became the paper's chief US commentator and columnist.[1] In connection with his job he hosts interviews which are published on YouTube with statesmen and famous businesspeople.

Published works

• Luce, Edward (January 2011). In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0349123462.
• Luce, Edward (May 2013). Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802121431.
• Luce, Edward (April 2018). The Retreat of Western Liberalism. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802128195.

Personal life

Luce is married to New Delhi-raised Priya Basu.[6]

References

External links

Media related to Edward Luce at Wikimedia Commons

• Twitter
• Ed Luce on PBS NewsHour
• Appearances on C-SPAN

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