3 OCTOBER 1947, Page 17

LORD RIDDELL AND THE CHURCH TIMES "

SIR,—In your current issue Mr. Christopher H. Palmer expresses surprise at the statement in my book on newspaper controllers that Lord Riddell had an interest in the Church Times. This statement is an error for which I apologise. Lord Riddell's interest was in the Church Family News- paper, now known as the Church of England Newspaper. He was the registered proprietor of nearly half the shares in the company owning this paper for some time—disposing of his interest in 1910.—Yours faithfully,

" The Daily Telegraph," Fleet Street, E.C-4 CAMROSE.