John Arthur Leese (4 January 1930 – 23 September 1991)[1] was a British newspaper editor.
John Leese studied at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School.
The paper closed in 1980, and Leese moved to New York City and produced the SoHo Weekly News for a year.
He returned to the UK to launch You magazine for the Mail on Sunday, then in 1986 became Editor of the Evening Standard.
[2] His son, Mike Leese, was also a news editor at the Evening Standard.