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Obituary: John Lawrenson

Wednesday 4 May 2011

John Lawrenson, who has died with his wife, was a former Reuters executive who co-wrote a book about events leading up to the 1984 flotation of the company in London and New York.

Lawrenson joined Reuters in 1954 and was manager for European Economic Services when he resigned in 1971. After Reuters he founded Monitor Press, publisher of legal and business newsletters.

The book he wrote with Lionel Barber, now editor of the Financial Times, was The Price of Truth: The Story of the Reuters Millions. Published in 1985, it was billed as “a story of greed and intrigue and of how a small group of men broke a solemn undertaking in their efforts to unlock a treasure house”.

Lawrenson was 80. His wife of 47 years Caroline, 70, was believed to have been suffering from cancer. They died at their home in the village of Great Waldingfield, Suffolk on 23 April. A thanksgiving service will be held at St Lawrence church, Great Waldingfield on 11 May at 2:00 pm. Donations to St Nicholas Hospice, Bury St Edmunds. ■

SOURCE
The Times