Charles Vere Wintour (18 May 1917 – 4 November 1999) was a British newspaper editor and the father of editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour, and the Diplomatic Editor of The Guardian newspaper, Patrick Wintour.
After a life in media and publishing, Charles Wintour went on to become the editor-in-chief of the London Evening Standard.
Under Charles Wintour's leadership, the Evening Standard was described as a "blend of popular and serious news and opinion" which prefigured many of the broadsheets of the 21st century.” Wintour was educated at the University of Cambridge where he edited the Granta magazine.