John Cripps (journalist)
Cripps, Sir John Stafford (1912–1993), journalist
Sir John Stafford Cripps, CBE (10 May 1912 – 9 August 1993) was a British journalist and campaigner. He was chairman of the Countryside Commission from 1970 to 1977.
He was the son of the Labour politician Sir Stafford Cripps, and was a conscientious objector in the Second World War. In 1937, he married Ursula Davy, having four sons and two daughters with her.
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