Michael Derrick

John Michael Derrick (3 January 1915 – 5 August 1961) was a leading figure in Roman Catholic journalism in mid-20th-century England.

John Derrick was raised in rural Berkshire County in England and attended the Douai School in Woolhampton.

[1] He worked for the magazine until his death, throughout the period of the weekly newspaper's greatest prestige.

Derrick was Chairman of the Challoner Club, and from 1958 Secretary of the Catholic Union of Great Britain.

He stood as the Liberal candidate for Reading North in the 1950 election, losing to the Labour candidate.In 1951, Derrick married Anneliese Burkhardt, and the couple moved to Petersham.